Comments on: The Difference Between Horseshit and Bullshit

By: dingdangdong

dingdangdong — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:10:31 +0000

I’m really glad you posted about this. I was JUST thinking about this and googled “the difference between horseshit and bullshit” and came across your site.

I was thinking, and in my mind it goes like this: horseshit usually refers to something that is low quality. For example, paying to see a movie that fucking sucks. Bullshit, on the other hand, refers more to something that is fake, untruthful, or lacks integrity. For example, someone telling you they’re going to be busy for a whole month. Fucking bullshit.

By: George Cron

George Cron — Fri, 28 May 2010 23:37:50 +0000

To me Bullshit is when something is wildly exaggerated. “He is just bullshitting when he says that”.

But when someone says something that is an out and out falsehood it is horseshit.

If you are made to wait an hour in line, it is bullshit. That is an exaggerated amount of time to have to wait. If you are told you have to wait because there are people who deserve preference to you, that is horseshit!

By: D-dawg

D-dawg — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:28:16 +0000

For me, and my pals, the difference lies in the context of the actions.

For instance: If my buddy, who can barely swing a golf club, tells me that yesterday, while playing golf in a head wind, that he knocked out a 300 yard drive I will call him a bullshitter and the story that he told is bullshit.

On the other hand, if my buddy was telling me that another guy we know, who can barely swing a golf club, told my buddy that yesterday, while playing golf in a head wind, that he knocked out a 300 yard drive then I will say the story is horseshit.

In both instances the guy who who claimed the 300 yard drive is a bullshitter (there is no such thing as a horseshitter). However, the story is either bullshit or horseshit, depending on how the story is recieved.

Extending these rules with the situation presented in the article. If you are angry at being forced into some situation against your will, such as having to wait in a long line, you can say correctly say: “This is bullshit! I can’t believe it takes an hour to get a movie ticket.”

However, if you are watching the above situation unfold near you (but for whatever reason you are not affected), or if the story was being recounted to you by another party then you would correclty say: “That is horseshit! I can’t believe it takes an hour to get a movie ticket.”

By: gary dehmcke

gary dehmcke — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:08:29 +0000

i was so delighted with your opus re, the difference between bullshit and horseshit, that i brought it to my wife’s attention. she said, after reading same , that the author had too much time on their hands…as do you (me!). i responded “bullshit!”.

By: T.V.Bardue

T.V.Bardue — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:30:56 +0000

A COWorker and I were pondering this very topic not two days ago when it dawned on me that while “Bullshit” and “Horseshit” may in most cases be used interchaingably, it should be noted that when searching for the right term while in a corporate environment, it might be more accurate to use “Horseshit” when referencing something that hase come down directly from upper mgmt. as a horse is the taller of the two animals and therefore the shit has come from further up than “Bullshit” would, which is why “Bullshit” should be used with reference to first/lower level mgmt.

By: DR.Fox

DR.Fox — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:58:34 +0000

I think we can differentiate between the phrases according to the experiences and contexts in which we have perrsonally used and heard the phrases. However, as far as when it is applied to what somone is saying I would offer that “bullshit” is information that is deliberatley a falsehood or spin on the truth by the original source (the orinal source is not necessarily the person quoting it, who might be ignorant of the mistake). “Horseshit” is applied more to an incorrect statement by the original source that is based on extreme ignorance, stupidty or the lazy acceptance of a widely believed fact that is total crap.

By: RegularJohn

RegularJohn — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:13:46 +0000

Your bullshit is horseshit!

By: None

None — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:06:19 +0000

lol this is bullshit…

By: BB

BB — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:10:21 +0000

My understanding is that horseshit is a thing, idea or procedure of very little value, something worthless “I now have a cable modem. The old dial-up is horseshit.”

But bullshit is a deliberate attempt at deception, like somebody telling you something that’s not true. It can also be some intolerable situation.

By: Keith Conklin

Keith Conklin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:01:09 +0000

I am searching for the Tom Hanks definitions of the difference between Bullshit and Horseshit… which I saw on his first “Inside The Actors Studio” interview.. I wish I could find it, but it was superb. To paraphrase: Bullshit was common, everyday, crap that we deal with… Horseshit is the Bullshit in life that is totally unnecessary.