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Anti-Bullshit Bigotry

A form of intellectual bigotry where the label “bullshit” is used to dismiss any idea, practice, or belief that does not conform to the speaker’s narrow criteria of rationality, often without genuine engagement. The anti‑bullshit bigot weaponizes profane dismissal to avoid analysis, using the word as a conversation‑ender rather than a judgment. It is closely related to atheist and scientific bigotry, but with an emphasis on crude, contemptuous language that shuts down inquiry.
Anti-Bullshit Bigotry Example: “He called her entire thesis ‘bullshit’ after reading the abstract—anti‑bullshit bigotry, using vulgar dismissal to avoid thinking.”

Anti-Bullshit Prejudice

A reflexive bias that dismisses unfamiliar or non‑mainstream ideas as “bullshit” without examination. It operates as a defensive reaction: if something doesn’t fit one’s cognitive comfort zone, it must be nonsense. Anti‑bullshit prejudice is common in echo chambers where members compete to signal their “no‑nonsense” attitude by ridiculing anything outside the consensus.

Example: “She’d never heard of narrative therapy, but ‘bullshit’ was her first reaction—anti‑bullshit prejudice, dismissing the unknown rather than exploring it.”

Anti-Bullshit Violence

The use of the accusation “bullshit” to justify or incite harm—such as online mobs attacking someone’s reputation, doxxing, or even physical threats. When a person or practice is labeled “bullshit,” it becomes socially acceptable to harass, deplatform, or ruin them. Anti‑bullshit violence often targets academics, artists, or spiritual teachers whose work challenges dominant paradigms.
Anti-Bullshit Violence Example: “The tweet called her research ‘bullshit.’ Within hours, she was flooded with rape threats—anti‑bullshit violence, using a dismissive label to unleash a mob.”

Anti-Bullshit Alienation

The isolation experienced by people whose ideas are constantly dismissed as “bullshit” without engagement. They learn to self‑censor, avoid sharing innovative or unconventional thoughts, and feel that their voice is worthless. Alienation is especially severe in academic or intellectual communities where “bullshit” is used as a gatekeeping weapon to enforce orthodoxy.

Example: “After years of being told his work was ‘bullshit,’ he stopped publishing altogether. Anti‑bullshit alienation had driven a creative mind into silence.”
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026
Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread
Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020
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An armpit enthusiast — typically of the scent, appearance, and touch of hairy underarms.
That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
Pitpig by wimbledon May 28, 2026
Word of the Day on May 29, 2026

You the birthday

You the birthday-you the point, you the topic, the reason we here, can be used as a compliment / u looking good or silly/trolling
Nah fr, you the birthday, you got all the attention.
You the birthday by Dev-in April 4, 2026
Word of the Day on May 28, 2026