I say like and do you know what I mean constantly. Also “I’ve got it”

  • Prok@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    “it’s fine”… It’s very versatile for self reassurance. Working on something and find yourself letting perfect be the enemy of good? Just stop, it’s fine. Making some mountain out of a molehill? Stop worrying about it, it’s fine… Before I get too carried away with examples, I’ll just stop there, it’s fine

  • 🎨 Elaine Cortez 🇨🇦 @lemm.eeEnglish
    14·
    7 days ago

    “Oop, sorry”

    Can apply for a variety of situations such as someone accidentally bumping into me, me accidentally bumping into them, or making a little mistake on something. Sometimes I’ll even instinctively say it to inanimate objects that I knock over!

  • Kyle@lemdro.idEnglish
    12·
    7 days ago

    “Bro.” Started saying it ironically and accidentally rewired my brain.

  • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    8 days ago

    “Upright and conscious” is my goto response to casual questions. I also preference almost every sentence with some modulation of “Yeah”, meaning everything from “Yeah, I agree wholeheartedly” to “Yeah, bro you sure you wanna do this?” to “yeahh so the cops are here and I told you so”"

    • methodicalaspect@midwest.socialEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      “Alive and vertical” is my variation on that first one there. Sometimes I use “very low baseline” as an afterthought, because some folks seem confused by it.

      I also say “I know English wasn’t my first language, but I could have sworn this made sense. Maybe we’re speaking different English.” I speak English just fine, without any trace of accent (beyond Chicago), but that makes people take a step back and pay attention to what I said or wrote.

  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    Just remembered a few more:

    When someone asks “how’s it going,” I’ll either respond “it goes” or “relentlessly,” depending on how relentlessly it goes.

    In response to a question in a field in which I have little expertise, I shall respond with “I’m not a botanist.”

    When multiple small things go wrong in quick succession, I may quip “Mondays, right?” only if the day is not Monday.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      I tend to reply that I’m going “reasonable” mostly copying a dead friend who used to say it when asked. He died in his 90s of natural causes but was a really interesting fella. Homosexual, Jewish, Holocaust survivor, antiquities dealer.

  • ebolapie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    7 days ago

    • Thanks, sorry!

    • Right on!

    • Eeeeeee! Is pretty great for when I need to let people know I need them to make room for me but I’m too frazzled to speak properly.

    • Words are hard, I’ll go again any time I speak gibberish instead of English

    I am also forever yelling corner! I yell corner at the grocery store. I say corner when I am alone in my apartment. Yesterday I called out door! as I was opening the front door of my workplace into the empty parking lot.