だれかこの単語の使いかたを説明してくれますか。辞典にはたくさんの意味が載っているようです。

Can someone explain the usage of this term 出鱈目{でたらめ} to me? It seems to have a
lot of meanings.
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Under what circumstances is でたらめ used?
It basically means bullS**t but it is not very rude to use it in a formal
conversation.

In fact this is what it translate to when you type it in the Google Translator
<http://translate.google.com/#ja/en/%E3%81%A7%E3%81%9F%E3%82%89%E3%82%81>
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There are few theories about its etymology, but one prominent one is that it
comes from "出たら目", which approximately means サイコロを振って、出たらその目に従う i.e. "roll a
dice and behave according to that".

Whether or not this theory is correct, I think it explains the nuance well.
I.e. it means "To behave random", "Do something without thought", "saying
something without basis that just came through one's mind" etc. Note however,
that it's exclusively used for negative description.

Here are some examples:

> A:「この壷を買えば、宇宙人と交信して株で勝てますよ」  
>  B:「何でたらめなこと言ってるんだこいつ」
>
> A:「ピカソの絵、俺にはどう見てもでたらめにしか見えない」
>
> A:「うちの会社の戦略はでたらめだ」
>
> A:「でたらめに馬券を勝ったら、100万円当たった」
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