BS
abbreviation
BS
1 American
[bee-es]
/ ˈbiˈɛs /
Or
B.S.,
abbreviation
idioms
b/s
2
American
b.s.
3
American
Or
bs
B.S.
4
American
B/S
1
British
abbreviation
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bags
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bales
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bill of sale
BS
2
British
abbreviation
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Bachelor of Surgery
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British Standard(s) (indicating the catalogue or publication number of the British Standards Institution)
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Bahamas (international car registration)
B.S.
3
British
abbreviation
bs
4
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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Last year, I congratulated “60 Minutes” for, without a hint of BS about UFOs and visiting aliens, dealing forthrightly with antagonistic foreign powers operating drones in the U.S. to spy on U.S. military sites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
“He’s someone who lost his BS detector and has drunk his own Kool-Aid.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
BS Prahallad, technical director of the government-backed Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Limited, set up to manage major projects, said an average resident needed 90-100 minutes to cover 16 kilometres.
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
"Atopic dermatitis is a chronic skin condition driven by the immune system and often precedes the development of asthma and allergic rhinitis," explained medical student Tristan Nguyen, BS, the lead author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2025
“I can’t even—” He looked at Dimple like, Can you believe this BS?
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
If you watched the almost video, and saw a particular heelflip b/s smith on the LA high rail, but didn't know who it was, let me introduce you.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some quick references to help separate the wheat from the b.s., a list which I hope to be adding to as time goes on:
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2023
"You're locked on a base. ... The ability to b.s. is a special skill set," he said, joking about the monotony of military life in a war zone.
From Fox News ● Feb. 13, 2020
I decide that instead of making up some b.s. story about lost or damaged tickets, I’m going to go to Hord’s office and tell him the truth.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 28, 2019
This book is about my battle with mental illness, but, more importantly, it’s about celebrating the battles we win against life and b.s. and sometimes our very brains.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2015
No one ever brushed past David’s b.s. detector mumbling “platform agnostic” or “digital first.”
From Time ● Feb. 13, 2015
She graduated from Skidmore College with a B.S. in Fine Art and received her M.F.A. in Illustration from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
In addition to McHill, the research team included lead author Kathryn E. McAuliffe, B.S.,
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2026
“It’s about authenticity. Joan was very approachable in the research. She reveals so much about herself. I didn’t have to cut through a lot of self-congratulatory B.S. to find what makes her tick.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
After the storms came the flood of rumors, A.I. images, and straight-up B.S.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2024
How to B.S. the fact I had cheated and seen the answer, rather than being in possession of brain power to actually work it through.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
“You are smart enough to think through some bs propaganda,” Brian wrote to A.J. on Facebook.
From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
"This won't be the last failure of this nature so long as people are rewarded for pushing this bs," he said.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2023
But he has also been dismissive, as he was as recently as Dec. 20, when he tweeted, “Bitcoin is almost as bs as fiat money.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2021
Plaskett took note of all this attention and even retweeted a message that said “@StaceyPlaskett is all of us right now listening to the bs in #CohenHearing.”
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2019
I is the embryonic condition. bs, Blood sinus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
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