Showtime TV series Penn & Teller: Bullshit! debunks many common beliefs and often criticizes specific people's comments. Penn Jillette stated the name was chosen because you could be sued for saying someone is a liar, but not if you said they were talking bullshit. A running joke in the Channel 4 series The Last Leg is that the host, Adam Hills, has a series of "bullshit buttons" on his desk that are pressed whenever an appropriate event occurs. Upon doing so, the speaker system will play the word "bullshit". These are normally programmed with the voices of celebrity guests, except for the "People's Bullshit Button", which is programmed with the collective voices of a past audience. Wooden versions of the Trammel of Archimedes are sold as novelty items under the name of bullshit grinders. See also Buzzword bingo, also known as bullshit bingo Chicken shit Confabulation Fake news Gish gallop Holy cow Humbug Not even wrong Sacred cow Shibai Tall tale Waffle (speech) References Notes Bibliography Eliot, T. S. (1997). Inventions of the March Hare: Poems 1909–1917. Harcourt. – Harry Frankfurt's detailed analysis of the concept of bullshit. Holt, Jim, Say Anything, one of his Critic At Large essays from The New Yorker, (August 22, 2005) – Halifax academic Laura Penny's study of the phenomenon of bullshit and its impact on modern society. Weingartner, C.. "Public doublespeak: every little movement has a meaning all of its own". College English, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Sep., 1975), pp. 54–61. Further reading External links English profanity Feces Interjections Deception English words