(chiefly of a group of people) to talk in an informal manner; to gossip or banter.
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And they were astounded that out of these twenty question, I got nineteen of them right, and I totally chalk it up to the fact that, Adrian comes home and we talk you-know, it 's just- we don 't shoot the shit, for lack of a better word, we talk and you-know it 's just- we don 't sit here eating dinner watching the news, you-know we sit at the table, and we talk, you-know I feel it 's very important to eat meals with families... |
Tell crazy stories (sometimes fake stories) |
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Some of them are cool. They 'll let you pick their brains and shoot the shit with you. Most of them are like- if you don 't position the lights right. You put it- the wrong gel on the light they 'll be like "This is a fucking quarter-density light I expect- I except to have fucking density light. I can 't work under these conditions!" They 'll throw their shit down on the ground and have a little hissy-fit. |
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Oh we probably just gather at- one of our- one of my aunts' house usually one of my aunts on my street and yeah we just exchange gifts, have a big sit-down dinner, or lunch whatever you wanna call it and that 's pretty much it just shoot the shit and- and eat as much as you can. Yeah it 's good times though, good times. |
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Whatever the- the big songs were and eat french-fries and shoot the shit and flirt with the girls and-all-that-stuff… |
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Interviewer: Do you sing songs around the fire? Are there like specific camp fire songs that you do or no? Speaker: No, no I don't do that. No, not at all, but we have campfires and shoot the shit. |
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Speaker: Shoot the shit is a general word for just- Interviewer: Oh. Speaker: Socializing and um, talking about what did you do today- what- you-know, it's like, "Oh guess what happened", you-know, |
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Interviewer: Is it shoot-the-ship or shoot the shit? Speaker: Shit. Interviewer: Oh the shit? Okay (laughs). Speaker: Shoot the shit (laughs). Interviewer: (Laughs) That makes a lot more sense. |
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