Shannon Sharpe is a man of many words ... but the NFL legend dropped one you definitely can't say while on live television on Thursday -- accidentally muttering the F-word!!!
Sharpe used the TV no-no on "Undisputed" while in a heated convo with his co-host, Skip Bayless ... as the two were discussing the Clippers and Russell Westbrook.
Sharpe tried to make an analogy ... when, suddenly, an F-bomb flew outta his mouth.
"If I'm making fried chicken and somebody says, 'I got some chocolate for you,'" Sharpe said.