Heard You Were Talking Shit

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“Heard You Were Talking Shit…” is a phrase often used in reaction images where an angry person or an animal glares at something. It is sometimes followed up with “…Like I Wouldn’t Hear It” or a similar variation of it.

Origin

The origin of the phrase might be dated back to the song Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani, released in 2004. The one part of the song lyrics are: “I heard that you were talking shit and you didn’t think that I would hear it”^[1].

On March 11th, 2013, a Tumblr user wtfbrian posted a picture of a goat answering a cellphone, with comment “i heard you were talking shit and you didnt think that i would hear it”^[2]. Over the year, the post has gotten over 138,000 notes.

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