Some here are old enough to remember the exclamation used in the south, “Shoot.” It had several meanings such as “go ahead and tell us” or as a replacement for “damn” when disgusted about something, etc. Haven’t heard it lately and wonder why not........Perhaps it’s another transgression in the allowable politically correct speech.
I'm not that old, and not from the south, but yeah, I remember the exclamation as well. And now that you mention it, I can't say I've heard it in a while either. Just another example of political correctness making language (and everything else) more boring, I suppose.