bullshittery

Etymology

* bullshitery From bullshit + -ery.

Why this word is great

BULLSHITTERY — [Noun] The studied production of plausible but empty discourse, indifferent to truth. From bullshit ("nonsense, lies") + -ery ("collective or characteristic behavior"). Unlike "equivocation" (which hedges meaning) or "blather" (which drowns in excess), bullshittery drapes vacuity in the trappings of authority—a verbal sleight-of-hand where conviction substitutes for content. It is the CEO's vision-statement word salad, the pundit's cherry-picked statistic, the academic's obfuscatory footnote. We reward fluency over rigor, and so the bullshitters inherit the earth.

noun

  1. False or misleading statements; bullshit.“I lived in Austin in the 1970's (can you say armadillo world headquarters?), and the folks at Guitar Resurrection, even then, were honing their skills at advanced jerkola, arrogance, and pompous bullshitery.”