A particularly notable one that’s showed up in the last dozen years or so is by juiceboxers, using the phrase “I mean” to start every sentence.
That is driving me CRAZY, especially when it’s literally the first thing out of somebody’s mouth. “Our next guest is Joe Intellectual of the Blunge Institute. Joe, how does the vote in Mumbostan affect the Presidential race?” “Well, I mean...”
I am stunned by the widespread usage of this verbal tic, which seems to me to have become ubiquitous virtually overnight, across all classes, vocations, and even countries and races. One of Whitney Houston’s songwriters, grasping for words, stammered four “I mean”s in a row, sounding like somebody trying to start a car on a cold morning. Apparently it had such an effect that Piers Morgan started doing it in the same interview.
Juiceboxers—I love it.
Juiceboxers—I love it.
See my post 26. Yeah ....I absolutely HATE that. And people all over the place do it ... TV, radio, news programs......