I think this is my least favorite expression in conversational speech. I find that it becomes an answer, even though it doesn’t convey any meaningful content. It is often used in argumentative speech, e.g.:
ME: Why did you call me “behemoth pork muncher?”
YOU: I didn’t mean it in a bad way.
ME: Yes you did, you’re calling me fat.
YOU: No, I’m just sayin’.
This really has not resolved anything in the argument; yet, it serves as a conversation stopper. I hate it. I’m just sayin’.
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InterplanetJanet posted on Sep 05, 2006
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silverwhisper said on Sep 05, 2006....
you know, i do use that expression, but i like to use it ironically.
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InterplanetJanet said on Sep 05, 2006....
No you don't. I'm just sayin'.
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silverwhisper said on Sep 05, 2006....
[giggles]
you know...[still giggling]...i'm gonna just burst into random laughter during the course of the day thinking about this exchange.
[still giggling]
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InterplanetJanet said on Sep 05, 2006....
Too bad the day is almost over. I am not trying to start anything; I'm just sayin'.
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hotaka said on Sep 06, 2006....
It's as bad as the song lyric, "You know what I mean." How many times doesn't that crop up in songs?
"Mississippi Queen / You know what I mean." No I don't. Are you talking about a boat?
Whenever I hear that line I think the song writer had writer's block and needed to get past it to finish the song.
Let's see, "I ruptured my spleen... Uuh... Oh, heck with it. You know what I mean."
Maybe this makes sense to some people but I'm just saying, this song lyric is a sign of a really poor imagination.
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ALIENated said on Sep 06, 2006....
Like, why would you even, like, think of something, like,
like this (oops, two likes together, is that OK)? Like,
whenever I, like, start listening, like, too closely to, like,
someone's, like, speech pattern, it can, like, drive me,
like, crazy. (My impression of talking to a teenager.)
Anyway, he said, like, OK, and I said, duh. And she looked
at me like, so what, you know, whatever. And I said,
whatever, you know, just chill?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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silverwhisper said on Sep 06, 2006....
i'm enjoying this discussion so very much... :>
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InterplanetJanet said on Sep 06, 2006....
I can't believe this is my first "featured post" (on page 1 no less). LMAO.
Alien, the "like" thing is too annoying. I used to be a "like" talker. Every time I said "like" my dad would repeat it. I realized (rather quickly) how obnoxious it is to intermingle the work "like" in speech (when you are not comparing something, of course).
Hotaka, "you know what I mean," is another one of those non-meaning phrases. Admittedly, I do use it sometimes in coversation, but only to make the person I'm talking to feel stupid (I am not a nice person).
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hotaka said on Sep 06, 2006....
ALIENated, like that was just so, like, annoying? Like, just reading it? and like, hearing the voices in, like, my head? made me feel, like, so annoyed. You know?
The questions marks represent "upping", where intonation rises. Why do people (teenage girls esp.) feel they have to "up" every phrase. It's, like, so annoying?
You know what I mean?
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secretlife said on Sep 06, 2006....
This is like, ummmm, a totally hot post IJ.
I'm just sayin.
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hotaka said on Sep 06, 2006....
Totally. I'm like totally into it.
Uh-huh...
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