The other day I was thinking about the words bullshit and horseshit.有一天，我正在考虑的话废话和谎话。 Where I am from, these words are used almost interchangably in situations where you think a statement or assertion is false, ridiculous, a lie, etc. I thought it was interesting that we have two very similar words to use in the same situation.凡我是从，这些话几乎是交替使用的情况下，您认为一项声明或主张是错误的，荒谬的，一个谎言，等等我觉得很有意思，我们有两个非常相似的话中使用同样的情况。

But then I thought about it some more and realized that they aren’t exactly the same.但后来我想到了一些更意识到，他们并不完全相同。 I wanted to share my thoughts about it and possibly get some feedback on whether or not the following applies to your understanding of these words.我想分享我的想法，并有可能得到一些反馈与否以下适用于您了解这些话。

At first I came to the (possibly wrong) conclusion that bullshit had a more broad application than horseshit.起初，我来到了（可能是错误的）的结论，即废话有更广泛的应用不是胡说。 It could be situational as well as verbal, whereas horseshit couldn’t be.这可能是情境以及言语，而谎话不能。

For example, 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 “This is bullshit!例如，如果您有生气，被迫从事一些对你的处境会，如无需等待中长线，可以说， “这是胡说！ I can’t believe it takes an hour to get a movie ticket.” Using horseshit here might be acceptable, but to my ears it sounds slightly unnatural.我简直不敢相信一个小时获得电影票。 “用谎话在这里是可以接受的，但我的耳朵听起来略微不自然。

When I think about my little brother, the difference is even clearer.当我想到我的小兄弟，不同的是更清楚。 My brother used to play Starcraft a lot.我的哥哥用于播放星际争霸了很多东西。 Sometimes something bad would happen in the game due to network latency - maybe a shuttle full of reavers gets killed because the game was slow to register his clicks.有时候，坏的东西会发生在游戏中由于网络延迟-也许穿梭充满r eavers得到被杀，是因为比赛是缓慢登记他的点击次数。 When this happened, he would slam his fist on the desk and shout, “F**king bullshit!当这种情况，他将他的拳头大满贯的书桌和呼喊， “女**国王废话！ I moved the shuttle away.”我搬到了航天飞机了。 “

Here, I think slamming your fist and shouting “F**king horseshit!” sounds completely unnatural.在这里，我想你的拳头砰，并高喊“女**国王胡说！ ”声音完全不自然。 Only bullshit fits.只有符合废话。

So is that it then?所以是它呢？ Is the difference between bullshit and horseshit that you can’t use the latter situationally?之间的区别是废话和谎话，你不能使用后者situationally ？ Not quite.不大。

After some more thought, I imagined that my brother has had a minute to calm down after losing his shuttle full of reavers .经过更多的思考，我想到，我的哥哥已经一分钟冷静下来后，失去了充分的航天飞机reavers 。 He turns away from the monitor to look at me in disbelief.他将远离监测看看我难以置信。 “Fucking horseshit. “该死的胡说。 I moved that shuttle away,” he says shaking his head, inviting some sympathetic response from me. Yes, I saw you click away.我谨动议穿梭以外， “他说摇摇头，邀请一些同情我的反应。是的， 我看见你点击就能搞定。 It was the game/lag’s fault. Here, horseshit sounds completely natural to me. 这是游戏/滞后的过错。这里，胡说的声音完全自然的我。

This I think is the key.我想这是关键。 Bullshit is emphatic.废话是有力的。 You can shout it at the sky, fists shaking with rage.你可以喊它在天空，摇晃拳头与愤怒。

Horseshit is softer.胡说是软的。 You might say it with disgust, disbelief or a dismissive tone, but you don’t scream it.你可能会说这与厌恶，怀疑或轻视语气，但你不尖叫它。

Don’t get me wrong.不要误解我的意思。 You can use bullshit in any situation where you use horseshit.您可以使用废话在任何情况下，您使用的谎话。 Just not the other way around.只要不是相反。

Do you agree?你是否同意？ Disagree?不同意？ Have something to add?有一些补充？ Do you think this article is bullshit?你认为此文章是废话？ Leave me a comment.让我评论。

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