# Code phrases **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847 "2016-09-13T12:19:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847/41 "2016-09-15T21:39:41Z")
Supposedly… “Do whatever you want” = you’ll pay for this later “I’m fine” = Not fine What’s wrong? “Nothing” = Definitely angry “Don’t get me anything for Christmas/birthday/anniversary” = you’d BETTER get me something ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_Mann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@Rich\_Mann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_Mann)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847/42 "2016-09-16T04:16:09Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > When my wife says “Help me do (whatever)” it really means “Do this for me” Seconded. I should have my wife’s B.A… I’m the one who earned it. On the plus side I convinced her to take Geology as her science elective, which was really fun to learn about. No schist! ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847/43 "2016-10-12T15:59:32Z")
Candidate for a High Public Office: “It might not be ‘politically correct’ to say this, but…” = _because I provided that little preamble it makes okay whatever follows, even if it flies in the face of basic human decency._ ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847/44 "2016-10-12T16:02:22Z")
Sometimes when people give a reason for rejecting someone, they \*\*\*don’t \*\*\*mean that “If you fix that reason, I will accept you.” So for hypothetical example, if someone rejects someone “because they have a poor sense of fashion,” that may just be the cover reason (or one reason out of many) for rejecting someone. That person may then improve their sense of fashion, only to be miffed to find that they _still are rejected, because fashion wasn’t the real reason they were rejected; the rejecter was never going to accept them to begin with, no matter what._ ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847/45 "2016-10-12T16:15:40Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I have a friend who, when people start with this, butts in and says, “Yes you are.” I think it would be fair to wait until hearing what has been said first. I know of someone who deliberately leads in with this as a joke. “I’m not a racist, but…I like Oreo cookies.” (or something of that sort.) ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847/46 "2016-10-12T16:39:07Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Sometimes when people give a reason for rejecting someone, they \*\*\*don’t \*\*\*mean that “If you fix that reason, I will accept you.” > > So for hypothetical example, if someone rejects someone “because they have a poor sense of fashion,” that may just be the cover reason (or one reason out of many) for rejecting someone. That person may then improve their sense of fashion, only to be miffed to find that they _still are rejected, because fashion wasn’t the real reason they were rejected; the rejecter was never going to accept them to begin with, no matter what._ I like the variation in which the reason for the rejection isn’t just insincere, but actually intended to play with the rejected one. To see if you can get them to dance to your little tune before lowering the boom (assuming you respect them enough to finish them off). ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847/47 "2016-10-12T17:02:34Z")
I’m not against Jewish people. I worship a Jew–I’m a raving Christian bigot who thinks that only MY brand of Christianity is the only correct one. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847/48 "2016-10-12T17:03:08Z")
[Quote=Dead Cat] “I’m sorry you feel that way” = “Your complaint is laughable and I think you’re a moron but I feel the need to say something that sounds like an apology.” [/quote] > [@enipla](#): > > I always felt this meant - “I fucked up, said something stupid, but I going to make it your fault anyway”. I use it as “I am not sorry for whatever it is that I did, but I know you think you have somehow been wronged and deserve an apology.” (Usually after a sometimes-oversensitive co-worker thinks I was snappish.) In my house, “Okay, I’ll do that later” means “You are going to have to remind me at least three times over the next week to do this thing you asked me to do before dinner.” ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847/49 "2016-10-12T17:05:43Z")
“I’ll think about it” = “I don’t really feel like saying “no” to your face”. “Um, actually…” = “that is so stupid or irreallistic a notion I’m at a loss for words” “Do you think I’ve put on some weight lately ?” = “I’m in the mood for a flaming row right about now.” ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847/50 "2016-10-12T17:16:22Z")
“Umm, yeah, whatever.” I haven’t been paying attention, but rather than admit it I’ll just go along with whatever you’ve been blathering about. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847/51 "2016-10-12T17:26:00Z")
“I understand that, but…” = “I have no idea what you just said, so I’m going to ignore it.” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847/52 "2016-10-12T20:09:05Z")
"Anyway, . . . " = I don’t want to talk about it anymore. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-phrases/765847.md?page=2)