bullshit artist

Skilled verbal deceiver

A bullshit artist is someone skilled at producing convincing nonsense.

The term acknowledges talent while condemning it: He's a bullshit artist who could sell ice to penguins.

The bullshit artist operates between truth and falsehood, crafting impressions rather than facts.

Related

con job · bluffer · charlatan · hoaxer · conman · phony · full of it · pants on fire · glibness · gift of gab · silver tongue · snake oil salesman · exaggeration · manipulativeness · gaslighting · misdirection · fibber · tall tales

Opposites
truthfulness and honesty

bullshit artisttruth-teller

One who speaks accurately

straight shooter · honest broker · man of his word · straight talker · square shooter

authenticity and sincerity

bullshit artistgenuine article

Authentic original item

straight talker · straight arrow · what you see is what you get · real deal · real one

rigor and substance

bullshit artistexpert

Highly skilled practitioner

authority · subject matter expert · pedant · empiricist · scientist

Family

artist, artistic, artistry, artists, bullshit artists, artiste, bullshit, bullshitter, bullshitting

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R