blowing smoke up my ass

Most literally translating to "trying to get a reaction" out of somebody. Originated from a 16th century technique to determine death by literally blowing tobacco smoke into someone's anus (through a long pipe) - where a reaction indicated that the person was still alive.

Guy 1: Hey man, I think someone just stole your car!
Guy 2: Are you blowing smoke up my ass?

by Med Student December 2, 2005

blowing smoke up your ass

To say things deliberatly to anger someone. It comes from cockfighting where they blow smoke up a roosters ass before they put him into the ring to fight.

He's just blowing smoke up your ass, ignore him.

by Javier xavier caviar June 13, 2017

blowin' smoke

brag, bluster, crow, blow your own horn, boast, shoot a line, bullshit artist

Joe: Man, that guy's been everywhere, done everything, knows everybody!
Bill: Yeah, he's a real bullshit artist; talk about blowin' smoke.

by Phillip Barton April 3, 2006

blowing~smoke

Multiple-words used as a term does nort need a squiggly hyphen.

Blowing~smoke to people is one of my favorite things to do.

I use squiggly hyphens to couple words that I feel work well together, ie: blowing~smoke.

I have multiple, squiggly hyphenated word combinations, logged into the urban dictionary.

by Shawn AKA the.real.neo.anderso November 17, 2025