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talk
verb- to betray someone; to inform on someone US, 1924
- — Jay Robert Nash, Dictionary of Crime, p. 383, 1992
- to have a sexual relationship in prison US
- — Maledicta, p. 136, Summer/Winter 1982: “Dyke diction: The language of lesbians”
- (used of a truck) to emit a clear sound from the smokestack US
- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 163, 1971
▶ talk game
to analyse the business of prostitution US- To talk game is to discuss various aspects of pimping and whoring, such as how to maintain control over a woman, how to get more money out of a trick, how to steer clear of arrests, and so on. — Christina and Richard Milner, Black Players, p. 37, 1972
▶ talk noise
to exaggerate; to lie US- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 5, October 1986
▶ talk shit- to disparage someone or something; to exaggerate US
- Sometimes we used to sit on the stoop or up on the roof and talk to Johnny or just listen to him talk shit. — Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, p. 113, 1965
- I used to hang out in the bars just to hear the old men “talking shit.” — H. Rap Brown, Die Nigger Die!, p. 30, 1969
- to talk nonsense US
- “Look I’m...” “Talking shit!” — Kevin Sampson, Powder, p. 77, 1999
▶ talk smack
to disparage someone or something US- DREXEL: Talkin’ that smack, in my house, in front of my employees. Shit! Your ass must be crazy. — True Romance, 1993
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 8, April 1997
- Ian Burnham likes to talk smack. It’s not that he’s a mean guy, but for the first three years of his volleyball career, it was the junior’s only way to support his teammates. — Daily Bruinn, 7 February 2001
▶ talk stink
to malign someone or something US
Hawaiian youth usage.- — Douglas Simonson, Pidgin to da Max, 1981
▶ talk story
to gossip; to engage in idle conversation US
Hawaiian youth usage.- Siddown, relax, talk story wit’ me. — Douglas Simonson, Pidgin to da Max, 1981
▶ talk the hind legs off a donkey
to talk until a listener is distracted; to talk persuasively UK, 1915
The surviving variation of many de-legged creatures: “bird” (1929), “cow” or “dog” (1887), “horse” (mainly dialect), “jackal”, etc.- Talk a hind leg off a donkey? It’s always a bonus if you can charm your way in and out of sticky situations. — BBCi Nottingham, 3 July 2003
▶ talk though your neck
to talk nonsense UK, 1899- The Great Man, Ezekiel decided, had been talking through the back of his neck – his advice sounded like the lyrics of popular songs[.] — Charles Johnson, Oxherding Tale, p. 88, 1995
▶ talk through your arse; talk through your ass; talk out of your arse
to talk nonsense UK- For us it’s brain, for them it’s brawn. / Talk of Equality, talk through your arse / There’ll always be First and Second Class[.] — Tasha Fairbanks, Pulp, 1985
- He was talking through his arse, of course, but Jimmy Sr gave him the answer he was dying for. — Roddy Doyle, The Van, 1991
- Corky, are you talking through your arse? — John Le Carré, Night Manager, p. 301, 1994
- Chest about as tight as that hole in your arse that you talk through[.] — M.C. Beaton, Death of a Scriptwriter, 1999
- Dave’s talking out of his arse, as usual. — John King, Human Punk, p. 57, 2000
- So yewer talking out yer arse.–Again. — Niall Griffiths, Sheepshagger, p. 100, 2001
- [S]he was just imagining it and consequently talking out of her arse. — Christopher Brookmyre, The Sacred Art of Stealing, pp. 240–241, 2002
▶ talk through your hat
to talk (ill-informed) nonsense US, 1888- Tell it like it’s not, and you’re talking through your hat. Tell it like it is, and you’re okay. — Robert L Genua, Managing Your Mouth, p. 7, 1993
▶ talk to Ralph Beukler
to vomit CANADA- — Bill Casselman, Canadian Sayings, p. 143, 2002
▶ talk to Ralph on the big white phone
to vomit US- — Pamela Munro, U.C.L.A. Slang, p. 83, 1989
▶ talk to the canoe driver
to perform oral sex on a woman US- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 182, 1971
▶ talk to the seals
to vomit US
Surfer usage.- — Vann Wesson, Generation X Field Guide and Lexicon, p. 164, 1997
▶ talk trash
to engage in aggressive verbal sparring; to speak offensively US- She started talking trash through her hair. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 112, 1967
- — Hy Lit, Hy Lit’s Unbelievable Dictionary of Hip Words for Groovy People, p. 39, 1968
- be it bad walking, trash talking, or throwing a baseball — New York Times, 12 May 1974
- They were trying to team play, but kept misreading each other. They talked trash, drank too much, and ended up losing five out of six hands. — Stephen Cannell, King Con, p. 1, 1997
▶ talk turkey
to speak candidly and openly about an important issue US, 1903- Let’s talk turkey here, how ‘bout twenty-five thousand? — Casino, 1995
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