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Phrases you use allllll the time (Original Post) LynneSin Jan 2013 OP
No way! RedCloud Jan 2013 #1
as long as they don't reply back with 'WAY!' LynneSin Jan 2013 #2
"That being said" LeftofObama Jan 2013 #3
Having watched Carneval: OxQQme Jan 2013 #4
Hechar un polvo, in Spanish means having sex. Baitball Blogger Jan 2013 #8
Seriously In_The_Wind Jan 2013 #5
To be honest with you, you know what I'm sayin, for all intents and purposes, actually... L0oniX Jan 2013 #6
the fuck? graywarrior Jan 2013 #7
Where did that originate? Orrex Jan 2013 #9
the fuck I know graywarrior Jan 2013 #12
Doh! Orrex Jan 2013 #15
get the fuck outta here datasuspect Jan 2013 #10
My phrase(s) Lokey Jan 2013 #11
Oh, for fuck's sake. cliffordu Jan 2013 #13
I love that one graywarrior Jan 2013 #14
"It is what it is." OmahaBlueDog Jan 2013 #16
years ago in a meeting, benld74 Jan 2013 #17
"Blerg" Ava Jan 2013 #18

LeftofObama

(4,243 posts)
3. "That being said"
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 06:48 PM
Jan 2013

It usually means I'm about to reverse my position on whatever I just told you.



Ex: I've been so hungry for steak lately, that being said I think I'll make chicken enchiladas for dinner tonight.

 

L0oniX

(31,493 posts)
6. To be honest with you, you know what I'm sayin, for all intents and purposes, actually...
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 07:12 PM
Jan 2013

long story short, far out, freaky, dig it, wow, OMG, keen, cool, mint, really, what's up, I hear ya, like ....on and on ...glad I am not a foreigner trying to learn English.

Orrex

(63,260 posts)
9. Where did that originate?
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 07:45 PM
Jan 2013

The earliest source I've seen is Robert Anton Wilson, but I suspect that it originates well before that.

 

datasuspect

(26,591 posts)
10. get the fuck outta here
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 07:56 PM
Jan 2013

goddamn motherfuckin shit

gor blimey

oy vey

oy gewoelt

sumunabitch

dangit

do what?

i'll tell ya what

Lokey

(108 posts)
11. My phrase(s)
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 08:01 PM
Jan 2013

to someone approaching the too long/annoyance factor while venting about some b/s at work is: (all in one sentence)
Regardless, at the end of the day, it is what it is. Just sayin'

In my head it sounds like shut the eff up.

OmahaBlueDog

(10,000 posts)
16. "It is what it is."
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 09:24 PM
Jan 2013

"Having said that....."


"You've got to be freaking/effing/f***ing kidding me" (word choice depends on context and audience)

benld74

(9,911 posts)
17. years ago in a meeting,
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 09:36 PM
Jan 2013

the big boss to someone arguing a point that was dead upon arrival

Shit, and step back.

Ava

(16,197 posts)
18. "Blerg"
Fri Jan 4, 2013, 09:42 PM
Jan 2013

Couldn't figure out where I got it from until I was watching 30 Rock one day. Maybe Liz Lemon has rubbed off on me?

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