bullshot

noun
/ˈbʊlʃɒt/

Etymology

Blend of bullshit + screenshot, coined in 2005 in the webcomic Penny Arcade.

  1. inherited from *skutą
  2. inherited from sceot
  3. inherited from schot
  4. compounded as bullshot — “bull + shot

Definitions

  1. A cocktail made from vodka and beef bouillon.

  2. A phony screenshot created for promotional purposes.

    • Exhibit A is a textbook example of a bullshot, an image ginned up by marketing and foisted on people who don't know any better.
    • Sometimes they’ll fall under the ambiguous label of ‘visual target renders’, the small-print description of bullshots at the highest level.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA