bull session
an informal, spontaneous discussion.
Origin of bull session
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How to use bull session in a sentence
You need philosophy, not the modern bull session kind but the Socratic method of “What the hell am I thinking?”
My Commencement Speech to Rutgers’ Geniuses: Go Forth and Fail | P. J. O’Rourke | May 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn bull session debate he was instantly beyond the depth of everyone else.
The Unlearned | Raymond F. JonesHe wished he'd written him last night, instead of joining the usual beer and bull session in the wardroom.
Slingshot | Irving W. LandeWell, in any event, he evidenced no interest in the bull session, as you described it?
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British Dictionary definitions for bull session
informal, mainly US and Canadian an informal discussion, often among men
Origin of bull session
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with bull session
An informal discussion, as in College students love late-night bull sessions about anything and everything, from professors to poetry to politics. This expression originally referred to an exchange of opinions and anecdotes, including stories of sexual prowess, by men, and then came to be used more broadly. [Slang; c. 1915]
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