A fork of Rural Dictionary
It's a thing that true men do. It ussaly involves two men getting some shit(poop) and shooting it.
Father: Son today I'm going to make you a man.
Son: How?
Father: We're going to Shoot The Shit...literally.
To converse lightly, with no specific topic or objective in mind.
See also: shooting the breeze
So, Bill and I were shooting the breeze and suddenly we came up with an idea for a new website.
Talking with others just to pass the time. The topic of conversation may vary, but in general there is no point to be made.
We were just hanging out last night at the bar and shooting the shit.
Phrase used to describe injecting drugs.
John:I got a bag of crack, wanna have a puff?
Damon:Na, lets shoot that shit.
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."
To discuss unimportant, random topics in a laid back, comfortable manner. Usually with good friends and dumb topics. (aka shooting the breeze)
We sat around the campfire shooting the shit.
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.
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.