English Language

In the English language many words are difficult to define, but two words in particular had been brought to my attention when during English class we were given the ever so daunting task of defining what bullshit is, how it is used in society, and how much of it there truly is. Along with the definition of bullshit we have also studied the definition of the word terrorism. I can’t help but see a relation between the two words of bullshit and terrorism. In this paper I will explain a relationship between these two words.

Bullshit. It is a term that we use every day in casual conversation, but before this class I never stopped to think about what the true meaning of the word is, or how it is used. For some reason or another the term bullshit becomes extremely hard to define when you break it down. It is my belief that bullshit comes from when a person decides to say or do something they have not, will not, or intended to say or do. There is so much bullshit created by society because we as humans wish to create an ideal image of ourselves to other people. When we do this we feel a need to supply evidence to stake our claim as being what I like to call as “the shit” to our selves and others, thus we as society have created what is known as bullshit.

A lot like the word bullshit, terrorism is a very difficult word to define. One could choose to throw away the entire usage of the word terrorism and just use the word insurgency, but where would that leave the American public when they have