Nickname for Fox News, coined by CNN's Jim Acosta during the Saturday segment of Newsroom (on May 1, 2021) where Acosta criticized Fox for misrepresenting stories on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The term gained popularity on Twitter, along with the hash tag #FoxNewsBullshitFactory as it went viral.
During his show, Acosta referred to multiple recent stories from Fox News. The one which inspired the use of "bullshit factory" was the false story that Kamala Harris was, for financial gain, including copies of her children's book in "welcome kits" at the border. According to Acosta, "that tale from the border didn't just border on B.S., this was USDA Grade-A bullshit. And the New York Post reporter who wrote the story resigned, claiming she was forced to make it up. But the damage was done, pumped out over the airwaves at the bullshit factory also known as FOX News."
During his show, Acosta referred to multiple recent stories from Fox News. The one which inspired the use of "bullshit factory" was the false story that Kamala Harris was, for financial gain, including copies of her children's book in "welcome kits" at the border. According to Acosta, "that tale from the border didn't just border on B.S., this was USDA Grade-A bullshit. And the New York Post reporter who wrote the story resigned, claiming she was forced to make it up. But the damage was done, pumped out over the airwaves at the bullshit factory also known as FOX News."
"But the damage was done, pumped out over the airwaves at the bullshit factory also known as FOX News."
by fossilxt May 2, 2021
Get the bullshit factory mug.A hypothetical, mental device that represents a person's ability to detect deception, dishonesty, corruption, fraud, insincerity, hypocrisy and falsity in others. A person with a "built-in bullshit detector" usually knows when someone else is lying, or putting on a false front for appearances. These people are not easily conned, coerced, lied to, tricked or manipulated because their "bullshit detector" allows them to avoid falling prey to such things. These people are also often slightly cynical, extremely perceptive, intuitive, shrewd and just generally highly intelligent.
Disagreeing with someone or something doesn't mean you have a "bullshit detector". A lot of people think they possess a "bullshit detector", because they dislike or complain about a lot of things, or enjoy sharing their, often unpopular, opinions (in all caps) online. In reality, these people just have opinions, they are not actually good at detecting deception. In fact, they are probably more likely to be victims of the very same bullshit that someone who actually has a bullshit detector, is trying to make them aware of, but due to their reactionary natures, obtuseness, and lack of bullshit-detecting capabilities, they are either unwilling or incapable of accepting that they've been bullshitted on.
Disagreeing with someone or something doesn't mean you have a "bullshit detector". A lot of people think they possess a "bullshit detector", because they dislike or complain about a lot of things, or enjoy sharing their, often unpopular, opinions (in all caps) online. In reality, these people just have opinions, they are not actually good at detecting deception. In fact, they are probably more likely to be victims of the very same bullshit that someone who actually has a bullshit detector, is trying to make them aware of, but due to their reactionary natures, obtuseness, and lack of bullshit-detecting capabilities, they are either unwilling or incapable of accepting that they've been bullshitted on.
Example 1: Nellie's new boyfriend tried very hard to make us all think he was a good guy, but I wasn't at all surprised when he turned out to be an abusive asshole, because my bullshit detector went off the moment I met him.
Example 2: If all Americans possessed built-in bullshit detectors, half of them wouldn't have elected a sociopathic , pathological liar and conman in 2016.
Example 3: If I'd had a bullshit detector, I wouldn't have fallen in love with a narcissist who ended up swindling me for every penny I had. She even stole my Starbursts!
Example 4: "I stopped hanging out on Facebook when all the gossip, drama, backstabbing, fake news, fake bitches saying fake shit, ass-kissing, bullying and pandering for popularity, caused my bullshit detector to overheat and then it exploded. So now I have no way of avoiding all that bullshit and it's just not worth it.
Dialogue Example:
Jenna: Hi Lydia! Wanna hang out with me and my girl-squad?
Lydia: Naw, my bullshit-detector is telling me you're a garbage person and I would regret it.
Example 2: If all Americans possessed built-in bullshit detectors, half of them wouldn't have elected a sociopathic , pathological liar and conman in 2016.
Example 3: If I'd had a bullshit detector, I wouldn't have fallen in love with a narcissist who ended up swindling me for every penny I had. She even stole my Starbursts!
Example 4: "I stopped hanging out on Facebook when all the gossip, drama, backstabbing, fake news, fake bitches saying fake shit, ass-kissing, bullying and pandering for popularity, caused my bullshit detector to overheat and then it exploded. So now I have no way of avoiding all that bullshit and it's just not worth it.
Dialogue Example:
Jenna: Hi Lydia! Wanna hang out with me and my girl-squad?
Lydia: Naw, my bullshit-detector is telling me you're a garbage person and I would regret it.
by PlanetCharnBaby July 10, 2017
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A Bullshitist is a person who is so good at making up stories that you almost believe their lies. When they get real good it’s hard to tell which of their stories are made up and which is real.
A Bullshitist has mastered his story telling/lying in a way that makes you almost believe everything he says but never fully believe anything he says. He’s the guy who: hunts, has knowledge of guns and the military, has skydived, took karate classes at an older (odd) age, has fucked a girl from just about every country in the world, has degrees in philosophy, medicine, engineering and math, but just can’t seem to make friends.
He can’t figure out why people don’t like him. He feels he needs to be MORE IMPRESSIVE and make up bigger and better stories. He goes to social places and infiltrates a conversation on a topic he can lie well about to try to impress those people into being his friend. This usually ends with those people backing away from the Bullshitist because he’s creepy and has creepy knowledge of guns and claims he knows the best ways to kill someone while unarmed.
A Bullshitist has mastered his story telling/lying in a way that makes you almost believe everything he says but never fully believe anything he says. He’s the guy who: hunts, has knowledge of guns and the military, has skydived, took karate classes at an older (odd) age, has fucked a girl from just about every country in the world, has degrees in philosophy, medicine, engineering and math, but just can’t seem to make friends.
He can’t figure out why people don’t like him. He feels he needs to be MORE IMPRESSIVE and make up bigger and better stories. He goes to social places and infiltrates a conversation on a topic he can lie well about to try to impress those people into being his friend. This usually ends with those people backing away from the Bullshitist because he’s creepy and has creepy knowledge of guns and claims he knows the best ways to kill someone while unarmed.
David: And then, just when the torturer was about to make his final move, I broke my chains, karate chopped his ass, blew up the entire military base then came back home and had a drink with the ladies... and THAT'S how I know that a good hit to the back of the head knocks someone out *convincing laugh*
Bill: Wow! You must teach me that sometime.
Kareem (whispering): Don't believe a word he says. David is a Bullshitist.
Bill: Wow! You must teach me that sometime.
Kareem (whispering): Don't believe a word he says. David is a Bullshitist.
by numandine July 4, 2009
Get the Bullshitist mug.1. Anything meant to make a 'romantic occasion' more meaningful than it is, while killing all sense of romance.
2. Anything that makes you embarrassed of the person you're courting.
3. Anything that makes you want to dump someone's ass.
2. Anything that makes you embarrassed of the person you're courting.
3. Anything that makes you want to dump someone's ass.
'Romantic bullshit' consists of things that detract from romance - objects like gross scented candles which induce suffocation; or clichéd thoughtless things like lousy poetry that make one of the parties involved feel awkward; ie, "roses are red, violets are blue, I have a gun, so get in the van."
by nappyheadedcracker January 15, 2011
Get the Romantic bullshit mug.The act of forcing your own culture unto another person(s) culture.
Also used as an utterance in reference to unpleasantly incessant use of culture as a means of virtue signalling.
Not to be confused with a Haka Solid or a Haka Greatness
Also used as an utterance in reference to unpleasantly incessant use of culture as a means of virtue signalling.
Not to be confused with a Haka Solid or a Haka Greatness
Troy: Check out my new boil-up t-shirt. It's awesome, right?
Josh: Get the fuck out of here with that Haka Bullshit, boi.
Josh: Get the fuck out of here with that Haka Bullshit, boi.
by Almuemadan August 3, 2018
Get the Haka Bullshit mug.Bullshit Hurricane Season occurs in the United States from about mid-summer until election day every year. Every four years there is a marked increase in the severity of Bullshit Hurricane Season, this event coincides with the Presidential Elections. Bullshit Hurricane Season consists of:
-Mud-slinging political television ads which pile up the bullshit higher and deeper each day.
-Debates that include insults and character attacks
-Talking heads on TV and radio "personalities" who dissect and examine every piece of irrelevant minutiae
-Mud-slinging political television ads which pile up the bullshit higher and deeper each day.
-Debates that include insults and character attacks
-Talking heads on TV and radio "personalities" who dissect and examine every piece of irrelevant minutiae
We are in the middle of Bullshit Hurricane Season so I will not be watching TV until the second week of November. I will be watching DVDs instead.
by kajoe October 18, 2008
Get the bullshit hurricane season mug.Bullshit asymmetry principle is seen as lie goes halfway around the world before the truth gets it pants on.
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