i know, right?

can't ... stop ... saying this

arrrrrrrrrgh

this is my most-said phrase. when i saw mean girls the first time, i realized that rachel mcadams's character also says it a lot and that in face she and i share many speech patterns. it was chastening, but also, i didn't stop.

in face? in fact

i kNOWW, right?

all the adults around me too

i had a bad phase with this phrase. i think i say it less often now?

in these situations I tend to go with "No shit, Sherlock"

young man i work with says this a lot, it's funny when he says it. i say it a bit, it's probably less funny.

It's been shortened to "right?" with everyone I know now.

i know, right?

yeah i mostly just say "right???"

i was saying "RIGHT???" for a while but i found it confused and alarmed people when all i was trying to do was agree with them

Oh THAT'S what's been alarming people when I talk to them.

srsly tho

haha i am loud and interrupty and conversationally overbearing in general

xp

no, totally

wait isn't this a term of agreement?

oh nm

xp i know, right??

our version is a quietly muttered 'this is it' or in very strong cases, 'sure, this is it' but that isn't the american 'sure' it's the irish 'sure'

correctamundo

I'm aware, correctamundo?????

my son has picked up on this from me. feel like i've done something wrong.

werd 2 dat!!

no kidding

I definitely say I know, right?! but think I say "right?!" more than ikr? because I think the latter actively bugs me just because it's used so much now. I get easily annoyed with phrases. You know what has been bugging me a lot lately? Seeing "well played" used all the time all over the gd internet. ugh.

well played suuuuuucks

Seeing it makes me IA these days.

;_;

GAME, SET, MATCH

Awww "well played" makes me feel like I have just bowled something at a wicket wicket, very civilized. I like it.

Only one wicket, though.

I don't dislike it as a phrase in and of itself but in the past couple years it's become really overused in a really annoying way.

i like hat tip

i mean i guess all cutesy self-aware phrases you use on the internet are inherently vile but its the world we live in

http://i.imgur.com/TZoB7.jpg

totes disappresh

i used "i know, right" in life waaaay before i used it on the internet, though

i think i originally picked it up from a male friend of mine who had a lot of surfer dude speech affectations, even though he was from chicago.

xx-post No.

maybe skater dude?

ikr has its uses beyond its uptalk provenance

Yeah, it definitely sounds surfer/valley girl-esque.

in real life i never express enthused agreement with anything

ikr has its uses beyond its uptalk provenance

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the thing that's nice about it is the feeling of camaraderie it produces. unless the person you're saying it too looks startled, which sometimes happens to me.

How droll!

irl 'i know', with the second syllable elongated, means muchthe same thing with perhaps a little less mock surprise, but u can't express that on the internet hence 'ikr'

"hat tip" is horrible

00:42-00:52
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PBYkz4T8Uk

lamp has been so testy lately

i think i often use something really stupid that comes out like:

"yeah, no...yeah! See?"

i actually say "word" all the time

no one has ever given me a funny look but that's probably because all of my coworkers already think i'm a super huge dork

i feel like i've only ever used "i know right" maybe once a week and it kind of demands a very emphatic context that doesn't happen all the time -- like if you're telling someone a really crazy story and you just have to stop for a second and say it to communicate that you share their disbelief at what happened even thought it happened to you

^ this is key. i say it very rarely, and only when someone is agreeing that something i've said is as crazy as i think it is.

it never feels entirely natural. i always have the sense that i'm quoting someone or speaking in character when i say it.

this expression is super hilarious to me

i don't think i've ever said it

probably because of old

like if you're telling someone a really crazy story and you just have to stop for a second and say it to communicate that you share their disbelief at what happened even thought it happened to you

haha that explains it!!!

as a high school teacher this describes at least half of my conversations about students / parents / administrators

it's true, most stories I've heard from teacher friends sound completely off the wall

I can't stop saying "not really, no".