Etymology
From talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + shit (“nonsense, "bullshit"”).
Verb
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
- 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.
Translations
to talk nonsense or to lie
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- Hokkien: 烏白講 / 乌白讲 (o͘-pe̍h-kóng), 亂講 / 乱讲 (zh-min-nan) (loān-kóng)
- Mandarin: 亂說 / 乱说 (zh) (luànshuō), 亂講 / 乱讲 (zh) (luànjiǎng), 胡說 / 胡说 (zh) (húshuō), 胡扯 (zh) (húchě), 胡說八道 / 胡说八道 (zh) (húshuō bādào), 瞎掰 (zh) (xiābāi)
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to speak ill of something or someone