BS

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Translingual

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BS

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Bahamas.
    Synonym: BHS (alpha-3)

English

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BS

  1. (automotive) Bridgestone, a tire company.
  2. Abbreviation of Bengali Sambat.

Noun

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BS (countable and uncountable, plural BSs)

  1. (US) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Science.
    Synonym: BSc
  2. Abbreviation of Bachelor of Surgery.
  3. (baseball) Abbreviation of blown saves.
  4. (accounting) Abbreviation of balance sheet.
  5. (slang, euphemistic, chiefly Canada, US) Abbreviation of bullshit.
    Alternative form: B.S.
    • 2021 July 17, Jacob Bernstein, “Keith McNally Stirs the Pot”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Still, he said, “I’m so tired of all this political correctness. It’s such B.S.
  6. Initialism of Bartter syndrome.

Verb

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BS (third-person singular simple present BSes, present participle BSing, simple past and past participle BSed)

  1. Euphemistic form of bullshit.
    • 2019 April 26, Christopher Ingraham, “Rich guys are most likely to have no idea what they’re talking about, study suggests”, in The Washington Post[2]:
      Researchers embarked on a novel study intent on measuring what a Princeton philosophy professor contends is one of the most salient features of our culture — the ability to play the expert without being one. / Or, as the social scientists put it, to BS.

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German

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Noun

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BS

  1. Bausoldat

Proper noun

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BS

  1. ISO 3166-2:CH code of Basel-Stadt (canton)

Japanese

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Noun

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B(ビー)S(エス) (bī-esu

  1. Short for BS放送. (broadcasting satellite broadcast)
    • 2022 October 19, 田中 正晴, “なぜBS1波停波を2024年3月末に実施するのか、NHKが経営計画修正案で説明会”, in 日経クロステック[3], Nikkei Business Publications, Inc.:
      今はBSプレミアムで土曜日の夜間に特集番組を集中的に編成したり、BS1では国際情報やスポーツ、ドキュメンタリーなどを集中的に放送したりしており、大変良く視聴されている。これはBSの強みだと捉えているが、それをよりブラッシュアップした形で強化していきたい。
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Spanish

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Proper noun

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BS f

  1. (Mexico) Initialism of Baja California Sur.

Vietnamese

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Noun

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BS

  1. Abbreviation of bác sĩ.