词汇 | barnyard epithet |
词源 | barnyard epithet. This widely used euphemism for plain old bullshit was coined by a New York Times editor as recently as 1970 in reporting the reply of David Dellinger, one of the Chi- cago Seven tried for conspiracy to disrupt the 1968 Democratic National Convention, to a police version of his actions (“Oh, bullshit!”). |
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