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Whats your overused phrases recently, not for writing but oral? i kept using" oh man" or "oh boy" too much recently in my English speaking.. in Chinese, mine is" 我的妈呀” literally means "oh,my mom"but means almost the same with"oh man" or "oh boy".. so what about yours? tell me about your totally different language knacks~ haha thankyou..

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I use a lot of: "I dunno...." "uh..." "oh my god!" "holy sh..." "oh sh..." "no..."
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lol! i keep saying: " definitely, absolutely" all the time to the point that one of my friends made this remark to me: " Mate, u r "absoultely" crazy! u r overusing " absolutely" and "definitely"." So, i replied :" Definitely! i think u r right". :)
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Off the top of my head, here are some terms and phrases that I've found myself using a lot over the years (in phases, not all at the same time): - "Aiya" (well, I guess lots of Asians say this ;)) - "All the way" (meaning it's cool, I dig it) - "Alriiiiighty then" (meaning ok, what was _that_ about?) - "At the end of the day" (usually used to put things in perspective) - "Badass" (meaning awesome, cool, it's dope) - "Coolio" (alternative to "cool" meaning sweet) - "Day yam" (phonetic mutation of "damn" meaning whoa!) - "Far out" (meaning wow, that's nuts) - "Forget about it" (meaning never mind, let's move on) - "It's all good" (meaning no worries, everything's okay) - "Late" (short for "later" which is itself short for "see you later") - "Sa-weet" (phonetic mutation of "sweet" meaning cool, awesome) - "That's intense!" (meaning wow, that's crazy/extreme/wild) - "You know it" (meaning I'm sure you know what I'm talking about) Recently? - "Anyway" (meaning ok let's move on) - "Cui bap" (Vietnamese for the stub of a corn cob, used when someone makes a gaffe)
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hey man,hay buddy!!!no matter the one i greet to is male or female. and i like to say oh~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~哦~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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hahah By all language i speak :) i say those : look! , listen to me , and what i say to u. when i become nervous from any child in my class i say : papa (to boy) , or mama(if girl) instead of his / her name :) but it's disadvantages in teacher i confess..

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