The Dictionary of Bullshit: A Shamlessly Opinionated Guide To All That Is Absurd, Misleading and Insincere

by Nick Webb

Bull shit (n.; adj; adv.; etc.)
1: deceitful language; lies 2: jargon or cliches intended to place a positive spin on something plainly negative 3: anything said by a politician, CEO or PR flak 4: new age, modern, postmodern, cutting edge, meta or Xtreme 5: pretty much everything you read or hear these days.

A hilarious, irreverent and generally subversive compendium of what passes for discourse today, The Dictionary of Bullshit savages politics, self-help, marketing, the media, all things new age, statistics, science and business.

From the political credibility gap (aka lying) to the oxymoronic instant classic, whether you're in a paperless office or have been out-sourced, The Dictionary of Bullshit is an all-out offensive against all that is phony, stupid and just plain meaningless.

Genres: Nonfiction

166 pages, Hardcover

First published September 29, 2005

About the author

NICK WEBB was a publisher for nearly thirty years before, perversely, turning to writing. He commissioned The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy while he was an editor at Pan Books, and remained good friends with Douglas Adams until the end of the author’s life.

Reviews

[Sarah-Anne · Rating 1 out of 5]

There were some amusing lines for sure but I found some of the jargon hard going & overly cynical which I know is the point. Clearly an evolutionist author with no scope for any other world views which I think is rather narrow minded . Found the graphs /statistic bullsh*t interesting .
In the end it became a toilet time reading book . Was the only way to plough through it . Funny that 😆

[Kimberly · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is a book one should borrow from the library. At first entertaining but quickly became a bore. The chapter on Political Bullshit is just that. Think we are all aware that Politicians spue self serving rhetoric. Little book but very cumbersome to read.

[Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

funny and spot on!