Just sayin...

[Hokiefyd]

I rarely post in here, but this is just something I have to ask. Why is the phrase "just sayin..." or "hey, I'm just sayin..." so popular these days? It usually follows a mean-spirited or controversial discussion, as if to excuse what was just said. You're talking to me, I know what you just said, and you don't need to say "just sayin..."

Anyone else particularly annoyed with this new catch phrase?

 

[Quattro Pete]

I think you're too uptight about it. I'm just sayin'....

Just kidding.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=i'm just sayin'

 

[suspiciousmind]

Idunno....I'm gettin' too old to worry about that sort of thing

just sayin'

 

[sciphi]

It's a weasel-word phrase so people can get out of whatever nasty/bad thing they're saying. Also used to spread innuendo while still appearing to be above the fray.

To use another expression, it's a cop-out.

 

[mechanicx]

Maybe it is slang for "no offense but..", "With all due respect..". Just sayin' it's OK but I'm not big on slang.

 

[Smokescreen]

its not new...at least not here...

 

[aquariuscsm]

Kind`ve a slang paraphrasing term to reiterate what you`d previously stated.

 

[Deltona_Dave]

At least it is better than the over use of "LIKE". That drives me nutz!

 

[Mr Nice]

I absolutely hate the way young kids (Jr high and high school) talk now or days with so much ghetto slang and housing project phrases it make them look and sound like a fool.

Not to mention the baggy pants with their underwear showing.

 

[jstutz]

Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette
I absolutely hate the way young kids (Jr high and high school) talk now or days with so much ghetto slang and housing project phrases it make them look and sound like a fool.

Not to mention the baggy pants with their underwear showing.


Amen to that.

 

[bigmike]

Just sayin' implies a "forgiveness factor" to something that probably shouldn't have been said in the first place. People that use that term have little respect for the previous phrase uttered from their mouth, most likely.

I follow that response with:

I'm just beatin' ya with a sack of oranges...

 

[Spyder7]

Originally Posted By: Hokiefyd
I rarely post in here, but this is just something I have to ask. Why is the phrase "just sayin..." or "hey, I'm just sayin..." so popular these days? It usually follows a mean-spirited or controversial discussion, as if to excuse what was just said. You're talking to me, I know what you just said, and you don't need to say "just sayin..."

Anyone else particularly annoyed with this new catch phrase?


"just sayin'" is the modern equivalent to "we clear", or "you understand what I mean." Except with the two latter phrases, you would only hear them from someone in a slightly superior position (a work supervisor, etc), where as the first is the norm between peers to convey the same message: that they think you need to be put in your place, but having only peer status, they tag the message with "just sayin'" at the end because they have no actual position of superiority to deliver that message from (and why it tends to follow something that is, or sounds, mean spirited or controversial).

My take anyway, and I had one particular co-worker who used that phrase a lot with the peers she worked with, much to the distaste of many of us whose skin she really got under with her backhanded manner and the "just sayin'" comment at the end.

-Spyder

 

[Spazdog]

I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'....

 

[Tempest]

Originally Posted By: Spazdog
I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'....

Like for sure, dude. As if.

 

[mechanicx]

Just sayin' sometimes means "I'm stating what should be obvious". That's the problem with slang and ebonics, sometimes it can mean anything the person wants or nothing much at all.

 

[Hokiefyd]

Originally Posted By: Spyder7
"just sayin'" is the modern equivalent to "we clear", or "you understand what I mean." Except with the two latter phrases, you would only hear them from someone in a slightly superior position (a work supervisor, etc), where as the first is the norm between peers to convey the same message: that they think you need to be put in your place, but having only peer status, they tag the message with "just sayin'" at the end because they have no actual position of superiority to deliver that message from (and why it tends to follow something that is, or sounds, mean spirited or controversial).


That's a good explanation. I would probably use something like, "but who am I to say?" And perhaps that's where it originated.

 

[Pop_Rivit]

I look at it as a spineless attempt to disagree with someone or point out the fallacy of what they've said, all the while tap dancing around being confrontational.

I personally prefer not to beat around the bush, and while I never use crude language and I'm never vulgar or insulting, I have no problem calling something that's stupid, stupid. I don't have a need to backpedal on my remarks by qualifying them with something like "just sayin".

 

[Spyder7]

Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
I look at it as a spineless attempt to disagree with someone or point out the fallacy of what they've said, all the while tap dancing around being confrontational.

I personally prefer not to beat around the bush, and while I never use crude language and I'm never vulgar or insulting, I have no problem calling something that's stupid, stupid. I don't have a need to backpedal on my remarks by qualifying them with something like "just sayin".


I agree. When I think of the times I've heard the remark, two people come most readily to mind, and something they very much had in common was that they were much more observant and opinionated on the "right and wrong," "good and bad," etc of a particular position or behavior. Both found it impossible to resist speaking out against anything they disagreed with, and if it happened that it was directed at you personally, then it was followed by "just sayin'".

Both were very outspoken and confrontational in there own way, but would add the weasel words to avoid actual debate or confrontation. The typically back-handed remark comes first, then the weasel phrase as a way to try and save face, or avoid further discussion.

-Spyder

 

[ZeeOSix]

Originally Posted By: Spyder7

"just sayin'" is the modern equivalent to "we clear", or "you understand what I mean."


I see it more as saying .... "Hey, here's my 2 cents on the discussion if you're willing to listen".

I don't think it has any kind of authority meaning behind it at all. It's a way to voice your opinion without forcing it down someone's throat and accusing them of being wrong.

Just sayin' ...

 

[Pablo]

Not always used to justify trash talking.

Example: Hey dude, uh, your shorts. They are on fire. Just sayin'. In case you didn't know.