BS
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bs"
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Noun
BS (countable and uncountable, plural BSs)
- (US) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Science.
- Synonym: BSc
- Abbreviation of Bachelor of Surgery.
- (baseball) Abbreviation of blown saves.
- (accounting) Abbreviation of balance sheet.
- (slang, euphemistic, chiefly Canada, US) Abbreviation of bullshit.
- Alternative form: B.S.
- 2021 July 17, Jacob Bernstein, “Keith McNally Stirs the Pot”, in The New York Times:
- Still, he said, “I’m so tired of all this political correctness. It’s such B.S.”
- Initialism of Bartter syndrome.
Verb
BS (third-person singular simple present BSes, present participle BSing, simple past and past participle BSed)
- Euphemistic form of bullshit.
- 2019 April 26, Christopher Ingraham, “Rich guys are most likely to have no idea what they’re talking about, study suggests”, in The Washington Post:
- Researchers embarked on a novel study intent on measuring what a Princeton philosophy professor contends is one of the most salient features of our culture — the ability to play the expert without being one. / Or, as the social scientists put it, to BS.
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BS • (bī-esu)
- Short for BS放送. (broadcasting satellite broadcast)
- 2022 October 19, 田中 正晴, “なぜBS1波停波を2024年3月末に実施するのか、NHKが経営計画修正案で説明会”, in 日経クロステック, Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.:
- 今はBSプレミアムで土曜日の夜間に特集番組を集中的に編成したり、BS1では国際情報やスポーツ、ドキュメンタリーなどを集中的に放送したりしており、大変良く視聴されている。これはBSの強みだと捉えているが、それをよりブラッシュアップした形で強化していきたい。
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