talk shit
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Phrasal verb from talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + shit (“nonsense, "bullshit"”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
talk shit (third-person singular simple present talks shit, present participle talking shit, simple past and past participle talked shit)
- (slang, vulgar) To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
- Synonyms: misrepresent, slander
- Talk shit, get hit.
- (slang, vulgar) To speak nonsense or to lie.
- Synonyms: bullshit, misrepresent
- Yo, man, Bobby was here, an' he was talkin' all kinds of shit about how many girlfriends he's had; y'all know that he ain't had a girlfriend since a girl had him.
Usage notes[edit]
- This is an idiomatic instance of a general construction consisting of talk with the topic area as object of the verb. One can talk baseball, talk philosophy, or talk shop.
Synonyms[edit]
- (speak ill): talk trash (US), talk shite (UK); see also Thesaurus:defame
- (talk nonsense or lie): chat shit (UK), chat shite (UK), talk shite (UK)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to talk nonsense or to lie