When people (who either have no life, are jealous, or just completely pathetic) take part in the action of
stating negative, rumored, or
exaggerated stories about someone else in order to make themselves in turn feel better by making the other person look worse when in
actuality the person being shit talked about is most likely a better person.
Ian said to Jacob "dude, Brit is applying to a historically black college so he can get a
scholarship and start a future for himself by joining
ROTC and becoming one of the brave men that defend our country, how f*cking lame" I.e. Ian is
shit talking