[Ads-l] call BS

[Ben Zimmer]

The Usenet archive has "call B.S. on" from 1992.

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Brett Chapman, Mar. 16, 1992, "ACC tournament quote,"
rec.sport.basketball.college
I called B.S. on this statement at the time and I think numerous quotes by
the Dook basketball team itself since then have supported me.
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.sport.basketball.college/c/OyWxQqfOD-Y/m/AgEiWkXj4WAJ
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cloister bell, May 1, 1992, "Live at the Witch Trials,"
alt.sexual.abuse.recovery
i'm afraid i have to call b.s. on this one.
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.sexual.abuse.recovery/c/4gNqqkS7VlU/m/GrWMh3UV_LUJ
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The unexpurgated "I call bullshit on that" can be found several times in
Lenny Dykstra's 1987 baseball memoir _Nails: The Inside Story of an Amazin'
Season_.
https://archive.org/details/nailsinsidestory0000dyks/page/4/mode/2up?q=%22call+bullshit+on%22

--bgz

On Sun, Sep 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM Jonathan Lighter <
00001aad181a2549-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> I first heard this in 2017. Now I hear it almost daily.
>
> 2002 Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, Ia.) (Apr. 17) 4A [Newspapers.com]: I
> call B.S. on all of that.
>

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