Top definition
To chat idly about things that neither person involved in the conversation will be likely to remember.
John: "We decided to shoot the shit for a while."
Jeff: "Oh yeah? What'd you talk about?"
John: "I don't remember."
Jeff: "Oh yeah? What'd you talk about?"
John: "I don't remember."
by Blasphemous January 25, 2003
2
To pass leisure time idly conversing.
Etymology: Possibly originates from WWI when soldiers in trenches would use bucket latrines and then shoot at them for target practice during downtime.
Etymology: Possibly originates from WWI when soldiers in trenches would use bucket latrines and then shoot at them for target practice during downtime.
Wife: What do you guys do when you're fishing all day?
Guy: You know... Stuff.
Wife: No I don't know, that's why I asked.
Guy: Just shoot the shit, nothing important.
Guy: You know... Stuff.
Wife: No I don't know, that's why I asked.
Guy: Just shoot the shit, nothing important.
by Sick Ducker (I shoot ducks) December 03, 2009
4
- Phrase. To engage in a useless activity, usually conversation without any emotional or instructorial value.
Philosophers can shoot the shit better than anybody.
by Hobgoblin88 April 18, 2009