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bullshit artist
noun
a person who habitually lies or exaggerates US, 1942- He seems likeable enough, but he’s a typical Marine bullshit artist—an authority on everything, incapable of saying I don’t know. — Martin Russ, Happy Hutning Ground, p. 20, 1968
- And, of course, Borky was a champion bullshit artist[.] — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 198, 1971
- In the eyes of many of his colleagues, Apple was a compulsive bullshit artist, the kind of man who could not resist adding $5000-a-year when he told you his salary. — Timothy Crouse, The Boys on the Bus, p. 75, 1974
- He was a wonderful intimidator and bluffer and bullshit artist. — Nicholas Von Hoffman, Citizen Cohn, p. 386, 1988
- The next day Vladimir goes to a Cuban-American immigration lawyer, who tells of coming to America to escape Castro, “a Cuban bullshit artist who has been taken in by Russian bullshit artists.” — Perpetuating Patriotric Perceptions, p. 102, 1993
- — John Birmingham, He Died With a Felafel in his Hand, p. 172, 1994
- Andy would have accepted “con man” or even “bullshit artist” over “comedian.” — Bob Zmuda, Andy Kaufman Revealed!, p. 22, 1999
- He knew he was a phoney. He was a total bullshit artist on some levels, and often that makes a great writer. — Nancy Steinbeck, The Other Side of Eden, p. 150, 2000
- My wife always thought that he was a bullshit artist, so we just played with him, let him entertain himself. — New Times Boward-Palm Beach (Florida), 25 December 2003
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