Spanish athlete

Spanish athlete (plural Spanish athletes)

1. (euphemistic) bullshitter
   • 1911, National Lime Association, Transactions of the Annual Meeting, page 154:

     We were both Spanish athletes— the Spanish athlete, you know, is the man who throws the bull.

   • 1916, Rock Island Employes' Magazine, page 27:

     Apparently there is little hope for this "Spanish Athlete," but the following suggestions are appropriate if he and a few others will only give ear and mind

   • 1923 , , Sheet Metal Workers' Journal, page 24

     Woman, lovely woman, invariably favors all athletes, with the possible exception of the type known as the Spanish athlete, more commonly referred to as the bull-thrower.

   • 1932, Stevens Indicator, page 157:

     Al, you will recall, was quite a Spanish athlete.

   • 2005, Reinhold Aman, Maledicta, page 14:

     He is throwing the bull (or is a Spanish athlete)