horseshit

as opposed to bullshit, which expresses judgement on shallow, insensible, and false ideas, horseshit puts more emphasis on the speaker's distress about the message just received

From "Where's Poppa?" (1971)

Mrs Hocheiser (senile, and seemingly annoyed at the presence of Louise Callan, a nurse to take care of her): "Who is she?"

Gordon Hocheiser (to his mother): "Mom, she's here to help us."(silently) "I'm warning you, mom."

Louise (pushing Gordon to the kitchen) "Gordon, you just get things started! (to Mrs Hocheiser): "We're going to just have a nice evening!"

Mrs. Hocheiser (asides, silently) "Horseshit ...

by capitaine haddoque November 21, 2012

horseshit

Horeshit is really the same as bullshit, but less cliched and therefore slightly more provocative.

The presidential election is a bunch of horseshit about lipstick on pigs rather debating the real issues.

by r91325 October 28, 2008

hold your horses

Another way of saying "slow down" or "stop." Usually used when someone is being hasty about something and a wiser person says "Hold your horses!" to make them stop and think. Encourages someone to have caution.

Based on the times when people used wagons or carriages, and when they needed to keep them under control they would need to literally hold the horses back from running.

"Hold your horses," said Joe, "you don't know when the movie even starts."

by Athene Airheart March 30, 2004

Band of Horses

An indie-rock band that formed in 2004. They were originally known as "Horses".

Band of Horses, or Horses, is a band primarily composed of humans, not horses.

by Chigglywiggly January 17, 2007

Hortense

A girls who's pretty and supersmart, and reaaaally funny, and with which you're sure to always have a great time no matter what!

Person 1: Oh I ran into Hortense the other day
Person 2: Wait, is that this really cool and funny chick that you went to high school with?

Person 1: Yeah, that's her!

by CookieDough May 23, 2013

happy horseshit

A quaint term used by the elder generation to denote frivolous activity which they find annoying. A staple of any fiesty grandparent's verbal repertoire.

"Jaime, Stacy, Pauly...knock off the happy horseshit!"

by Vajrayogi January 2, 2008

Hosenscheisser

Someone who shits in his pants; a coward. (German)

"Er war so ein Hosenscheisser, dass er das huebsche Maedchen nicht anreden konnte." (He was such a pants-shitter that he couldn't talk to the cute girl."

by Nicholas December 21, 2002