spit facts

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

spit (to rap, to utter) + facts.

Verb[edit]

spit facts (third-person singular simple present spits facts, present participle spitting facts, simple past and past participle spit facts or spat facts)

  1. (slang) To utter a statement, either of fact or opinion, that the speaker emphatically agrees with.
    Synonyms: spit, spit straight facts
    He may be a little deranged, but when he talks about politics my guy is spitting facts.
    • 2017 July 28, Shaquille O'Neal (lyrics and music), “LaVar Ball Diss Track”‎[1]:
      Dude's talking loud, I don’t understand
      Walk around like they the true big baller, damn
      How you think that? I'm about to spit facts
    • 2017 November 8, Michael DiRocco, “Jalen Ramsey called A.J. Green 'weak,' 'soft' to get under WR's skin”, in ESPN[2]:
      I told him almost every play that he was weak, that he was soft. Them are straight facts. He just can't handle the truth. It's facts. I told him his time was almost up. I told him that it was easy, which it was. He had one catch for 6 yards. I was just out there spitting facts to him. He got mad.
    • 2022 June 1, Lillian Gissen, “The breakout stars of the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard trial”, in Daily Mail[3]:
      Kate Moss came, spat facts, called Amber Heard a liar in front of thousands of people and left. Queen behavior if you ask me.