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What's the meaning of macroBS and microBS?

English Language & Usage Asked on February 28, 2021

I’m reading a book and came across “… they only discovered too late; one can macroBS longer than microBS,. .”

Couldn’t understand the phrase.

2 Answers

While the book is about the Bitcoin Standard the phrase tells the tail of the details beneath the marketing.

The realization that they come to is that BS refers to Bovus Excretus or Bull Sh*t. The idiom of BS-ing is to talk, speak at length and basically bloviate all with the end value of said excrement, that is, none at all.

I understand the meanings of these macroBS and microBS in the Bitcoin world. But here the delineation between macroBS and microBS is between talking in large, grand terms devoid of detail vs. talking in micro, smaller terms where the lack of detail is eventually, if only too late, apparent.

"And dull surprise when payment due exceeds accounts received."

Answered by Elliot on February 28, 2021

one can macroBS longer than microBS,. ." the respective verbs are to microbullshit and to macrobullshit

OED

bullshit v. transitive and intransitive, to talk nonsense (to); = bull v.3; also, to bluff one's way through (something) by talking nonsense.

1969 P. Roth Portnoy's Complaint 105 Please, let us not bullshit one another about ‘love’ and its duration.

"micro-" prefix

1.a. Forming terms in which micro- indicates small (often microscopic) or relatively small size, frequently in contrast with related terms beginning with macro- or mega-.

Thus "on a small scale, in a detailed manner, precisely. Hence, Macro- on a large scale, in general, in broad terms

Thus

to macrobullshit = to talk nonsense (to); = bull v.3; also, to bluff one's way through (something) in general or broad terms, or with reference to large scale effects.

to microbullshit = to talk nonsense (to); = bull v.3; also, to bluff one's way through (something) addressing the smaller aspects, thus, in a detailed way.

Answered by Greybeard on February 28, 2021

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