talk shit

verb

"talk-shit" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“talk shit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.

Corpus desk

Index EN-talk-shit · talk shit · English

talk shit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for talk shit
PropertyValue
Headwordtalk shit
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “talk shit” in English

talk shitranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

talk shit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for talk shit in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + shit (“nonsense, "bullshit"”). The correct English form is talk shit, spelled T-A-L-K- -S-H-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
  2. 2
    To speak nonsense or to lie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how talk shit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Talk shit, get hit.
  2. 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.

Etymology

From talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + shit (“nonsense, "bullshit"”).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "talk shit"?
"talk shit" is spelled T-A-L-K- -S-H-I-T.
What does "talk shit" mean?
As a verb, "talk shit" means: To untruthfully speak of another in a belittling, deprecative, slighting manner, either in person or in absentia.
What is the origin of the word "talk shit"?
From talk (“to speak of, to discuss”) + shit (“nonsense, "bullshit"”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list