Analysis: The Gray Lady Gets

In The Gray Lady Gets Jiggy Ben Yagoda analyzes the word bullshit and how it is, by no doubt, fit to print. There is an importance behind being able to say the word bullshit without censorship, for if one is able to say it they will be able to point it out when bullshit is happening. Bullshit essentially can be defined as something that is untrue. Most commonly someone exclaims bullshit when they are calling someone else out on something that they believe to be false, or a lie. Additionally, it can also be used as a tool to get one’s point across. If one was told that what they are saying is bullshit, they will be more likely to rethink what they just stated and validity behind their statement. The article always analyzes synonymes to the
word bullshit, one being barnyard epithet. Although these two words seem to mean the same thing, they do not get the same message across. For in truth there are multiple different kinds of epithet that can be found on a barnyard, all meaning different things when mentioned in our popular culture. On a barnyard one can find bullshit, horseshit and chickenshit. Bullshit, as stated before is exclaimed when one wishes to call another person out on the accuracy of their statement. Similarly, horseshit can get the same point across, but horseshit lacks the fact that someone can be a master in it. Exemplifying this is a bullshit artist, someone who is good at, esscentially, bullshiting things. Chickenshit refers to cowardice and is more often than not directed to a person.