bullshitters
Peddlers of nonsense
Bullshitters are people who produce hollow talk meant to impress or deceive—indifferent to truth, focused on seeming convincing: The conference was full of bullshitters peddling buzzwords.
Tellers of falsehoods
- fraudsDeceptive acts or impostors
- con artistsPeople who cheat others
- charlatansPretenders to special knowledge
- phoniesInsincere pretenders
fakers · deceivers · hustlers · swindlers · impostors · pretenders · fabricators · manipulators
People who boast excessively
- blowhardsSelf-important loud talkers
- showoffsThose who flaunt abilities
- windbagsThose who prattle excessively
- egotistsSelf-centered individuals
exaggerators · loudmouths · grandstanders · name-droppers · poseurs · hot air · puffery · swagger
Nonprofessional participants
- posersPuzzles or pretenders
- pretendersThose falsely claiming something
- hacksQuick improvised solutions
- dilettantesSuperficial pursuers of arts
wannabes · fumblers · bunglers · frauds · know-nothings · slackers · time-wasters · deadweight
German financial capital
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- truthAccordance with reality
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
sincerity · discourse · post-truth · indifference · persuasion · sophistry · misinformation · disinformation
liars
Tellers of falsehoods
- fraudsDeceptive acts or impostors
- con artistsPeople who cheat others
- charlatansPretenders to special knowledge
phonies · fakers · deceivers · hustlers · swindlers · impostors · pretenders · fabricators · manipulators · grifters
braggarts
People who boast excessively
- blowhardsSelf-important loud talkers
- showoffsThose who flaunt abilities
- windbagsThose who prattle excessively
egotists · exaggerators · loudmouths · grandstanders · name-droppers · poseurs · hot air · puffery · swagger · embellishers
amateurs
Nonprofessional participants
- posersPuzzles or pretenders
- pretendersThose falsely claiming something
- hacksQuick improvised solutions
dilettantes · wannabes · fumblers · bunglers · frauds · know-nothings · slackers · time-wasters · deadweight · lightweights
Frankfurt
German financial capital
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- truthAccordance with reality
- epistemologyTheory of knowledge
authenticity · sincerity · discourse · post-truth · indifference · persuasion · sophistry · misinformation · disinformation · spin
bullshittersfact-checkers
Those who confirm accuracy
scientists · scholars · truth-seekers · empiricists · pedants