1. lying, full of nonsense - an idiom when used as a modifier after a noun.
Pare: Ko tēnei tōku rā whakamutunga mō te kai paipa me te whakamutu mō ake tonu atu. Rangi: He tangata te puku koe. Koinā tō kōrero i tērā wiki (HKK 1991:63). / Pare: This is my last day of smoking and I'm stopping for good. Rangi: You're all bullshit. That's what you said last week.
Synonyms: teka, tipatipa, hāwatewate
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