# the most spoken phrase in America is **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 12, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847 "2020-02-12T23:48:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/1 "2020-02-12T23:48:31Z")
I’m Mike Bloomberg and I approve this message. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/2 "2020-02-13T00:05:10Z")
And here I figured it would be “Oh, shit!” or “Eff you!” ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/3 "2020-02-13T00:13:13Z")
Non USA folks are missing out on all the fun! But even people without a TV see his ads online. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/4 "2020-02-13T00:20:56Z")
“Oh, yeah?” And “come here a minute” ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/5 "2020-02-13T00:55:56Z")
I’d think it’d be \*“What has that ^%#%^^ son of a bitch done \*now?” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/6 "2020-02-13T01:26:56Z")
OMG (Becky) (;)) ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/7 "2020-02-13T02:50:05Z")
My reaction: “Whatever.” ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/8 "2020-02-13T04:15:33Z")
“You got this.” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/9 "2020-02-13T04:20:25Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Non USA folks are missing out on all the fun! But even people without a TV see his ads online. I have not seen his, or anyone else’s, ads. I didn’t even know he was running until a few weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/10 "2020-02-13T06:04:03Z")
Here, hold my beer. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/11 "2020-02-13T06:43:42Z")
“Open your mouth and close your eyes.” ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/12 "2020-02-13T07:20:57Z")
“What?” ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/13 "2020-02-13T07:21:01Z")
“I could care less” just stop that, stop it now, how hard is it to say another syllable that makes the phrase actually mean what you intend? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/14 "2020-02-13T07:49:55Z")
> [@Thylacine](#): > > “I could care less” just stop that, stop it now, how hard is it to say another syllable that makes the phrase actually mean what you intend? Probably about as hard as checking what the thread is about. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/15 "2020-02-13T08:13:12Z")
Oh come on, that joke was done first post in, then the thread moved on. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/16 "2020-02-13T08:22:41Z")
> [@Thylacine](#): > > Oh come on, that joke was done first post in, then the thread moved on. What do you think it moved on to? ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/17 "2020-02-13T09:04:07Z")
Admittedly I haven’t seen the ads concerned but if they include > [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Here, hold my beer. I’d be very surprised. Meanwhile some folks may like to get back to riffing off the thread title as the joke has been made and the thread is not in Elections, Some, like you may get pissed off. I couldn’t care less. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/18 "2020-02-13T09:24:28Z")
> [@Thylacine](#): > > Meanwhile some folks may like to get back to riffing off the thread title as the joke has been made and the thread is not in Elections, Some, like you may get pissed off. I couldn’t care less. The part you seem to have missed was that nobody else construed riffing off the thread title as yet another thread about pet peeves. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/19 "2020-02-13T09:30:44Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > The part you seem to have missed was that nobody else construed riffing off the thread title as yet another thread about pet peeves. well I see and hear it an awful lot, seemingly out of proportion. Perhaps that is because it grates but do you believe the other examples more commonly used? My apologies for adding commentary to my contribution oh high hall monitor sir and hope to meet your approval in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2020, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847/20 "2020-02-13T09:43:49Z")
> [@Thylacine](#): > > well I see and hear it an awful lot, seemingly out of proportion. Perhaps that is because it grates but do you believe the other examples more commonly used? My apologies for adding commentary to my contribution oh high hall monitor sir and hope to meet your approval in the future. Should I apologize for adding commentary about your commentary? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-spoken-phrase-in-america-is/847847.md?page=2)