Is "just sayin'" or "I'm just sayin'" the new improved replacement

[Obamanaut]

for "you know" when one either has nothing of substance to say or is a loss for words?

[billyoc]

1. I believe this expression to be an abbreviation of "I'm sorry if you were offended by what I said".

[edhopper]

2. Yes,

or after pointing out some great hypocrisy you end with, "I'm just saying".
It works better when spoken.

[nc4bo]

3. I hear it alot when some one is playing devil's advocate

Republican: You can tell when an apple is ripe because it turns a beautiful red color.

Democrat: Well, what about Granny Smith apples? Granny Smith apples are an apple but they're green when unripe and just as green when ripe.

Democrat (con'd): So your blanket apple statement is not necessarily true dude, I'm just sayin'.


I may be wrong though }(

[TahitiNut]

4. Correct. (Sorta.) It's used to indicate the lack of an emotional investment in a discussion.

In that sense, it's a "whatever." It's employed preemptively to forestall a rant or argument -- suspecting that the person to whom it's said has some deep-seated attachment to a position contrary to the point being made. In another sense, it indicates a disinterest in contesting the point .. i.e. it's a rhetorical "hit and run."

IMHO.

Whatever. :shrug:



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[CJCRANE]

5. 'Nuff said

That's another one

;)

[Heidi]

6. I grew up hearing it, and have always understood it to mean,

"Don't say I didn't tell you so," or "This maybe isn't what you want to hear."

"You know" is more of a filler, in my opinion.