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Smokey

I was just bullshittin’. And you know this, man.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker is backpedaling, saying that what came out was just talk, not a serious claim. Adding that the listener knows this appeals to their shared understanding, as if to say there's no need to take it literally or make an issue of it.

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