# "No problem", "No Worries", or "No Sweat"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 3, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541 "2012-10-03T01:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![qualityleashdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/9f8e36/32.png) [@qualityleashdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qualityleashdog)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/21 "2012-10-03T05:40:28Z")
Other…Mostly, ‘That’s fine.’ ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/22 "2012-10-03T05:49:19Z")
Usually “no problem,” but I will say/type “no sweat” or “NBD” sometimes depending on the person/situation. ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/23 "2012-10-03T10:32:07Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > It’s an Aussie-ism? Shows what I know. “No wuckers” is hardcore Strine. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/24 "2012-10-03T11:22:50Z")
> [@Lord\_Mondegreen](#): > > No worries, but then being an Australian it’s kind of compulsory. Me too. It’s not just custom - it’s the law! ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/25 "2012-10-03T11:36:59Z")
Another Aussie and another “No worries”. I do love “No wuckers” but never say it. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/26 "2012-10-03T11:43:01Z")
> [@Cugel](#): > > “No wuckers” is hardcore Strine. For the confused, that’s short for “No wucking forries.” (Transpose the w and the f if you are still confused.) ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/27 "2012-10-03T11:53:30Z")
I picked up “No worries” during an assignment in Australia. The Aussie’s seem to mangle the English language with many such words/phrases and I thought this was a wonderfully descriptive colloquialism. ---
**Author:** ![Luk3112](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a9adbd/32.png) [@Luk3112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luk3112)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/28 "2012-10-03T12:18:53Z")
its cool ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/29 "2012-10-03T12:59:40Z")
I say “no biggie” when the subject is actually a no-biggie. But (I should have read the OP before voting) I don’t like it at all when somebody says “no problem” where “you’re welcome” is expected. It sounds so cold and distant. It’s unpleasant to hear. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/30 "2012-10-03T13:45:36Z")
I don’t use any of them in the situation described. My goto statement is Happy to help! ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/31 "2012-10-03T13:51:59Z")
At work or in public with a stranger, say at a store, it’s simply you’re welcome. Or ‘quite welcome’. I try not to say ‘no problem’, but if somebody is apprecitive of something I’ve done and it seems to them to be a bigger deal than it is, I will assure them that it was absolutely not a problem. Casually, I like ‘no big’. I will sometimes change that up with ‘no worries’ in a horrible butchering of an Australian accent. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/32 "2012-10-03T14:50:15Z")
Geez. Those of you who get angry when someone says “no problem” need to pull the stick out of your ass. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/33 "2012-10-03T16:01:37Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Geez. Those of you who get angry when someone says “no problem” need to pull the stick out of your ass. Ha, seriously! It’s not like they’re saying “You betcha.” Now that’s something worth getting angry about. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/34 "2012-10-03T16:04:06Z")
“No problem”, although I usually shorten it to “no prob”. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/35 "2012-10-03T16:36:28Z")
[Sirius Cybernetic Corps]_Glad to be of service!_[/Sirius Cybernetic Corps] I don’t use any of those phrases, maybe I’m just not all that helpful? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541/36 "2012-10-03T23:37:21Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Geez. Those of you who get angry when someone says “no problem” need to pull the stick out of your ass. No _worries_? You mean you could have between worried about it? There are many people in real life and more particularly on this board who have a problem with literalism. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-problem-no-worries-or-no-sweat/636541.md?page=1)