talk shit
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + shit (“nonsense, "bullshit"”).
Pronunciation
[edit]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 trash (US), talk shite (UK); see also Thesaurus:defame
- Talk shit, get hit.
- 2023 August 3, Seeking Success Podcast, 49:14 from the start, in THE WORST TORONTO ACCENT... IF THE BUSINESS IS TRUE...| Plushh[1], Plushh (actor):
- No, but the point of the story is you guys would be a good couple, but anyways, the thing is, is yo, this girl is blurping his business to shorties like me, and what I don’t like is if the business is true that you left your moms in the hood, somebody go smoke that yute; you don’t leave your moms nowhere — you have money and you left your moms there? Yo, you’re sick to my stomach, fam — but if it’s not true, shorties just talking shit.
- (slang, vulgar) To speak nonsense or to lie.
- Synonyms: bullshit, chat shit (UK), chat shite (UK), misrepresent, talk shite (UK)
- 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.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- →? Dutch: poep praten (calque)
Translations
[edit]to talk nonsense or to lie
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to speak ill of something or someone
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