8 phrases people with below-average intelligence use in everyday conversation

Geediting.com ^ | 06/13/2025 | Olivia Reid

[ChicagoConservative27]

If someone uses big words to sound smart, they’re probably not. If someone speaks in clichés, they might be lacking original thought.

Understanding human communication isn’t always simple.

In fact, navigating the labyrinth of human conversation requires more than just a good ear. It also requires an understanding of certain speech patterns and phrases.

Now, some folks have a knack for this. They can hear a few words and immediately gauge the intelligence of the speaker.

In this article, let’s delve into 8 phrases that, more often than not, are used by people with below-average intelligence in everyday conversation.

[Locomotive Breath]

...”phrases people with below-average intelligence use in everyday conversation.”

I am a Democrat.

[exinnj]

The use of “like” word by mostly young people is truly a sign of the end of times…

[Kudsman]

Let me be clear.

At the end of the day.

[CodeToad]

100) Using the word, “nowadays”.

[Kudsman]

140 posts in and nobody thought to add; "That's racist!"

Might be a sign of progress. ;)

[Thank You Rush]

There are so few left in my class - from over 70 years ago. We had few to begin with - a small village in upstage NY.

I have a caregiver a couple of mornings a week and I was showing her on google map the town that I came from. She said, “does anyone live there?”

A cousin called me this evening and I told him that talking to him was like talking to the only friends left from high school days - it was all about aches and pains....Whoever thought we’d reach that point? I always thought it was “other people” who got old...not us - LOL!

[bravo whiskey]

Using awesome to describe everything.

Winning a local trivia contest is not awesome.
THE GRAND CANYON is awesome.

[rocksblues]

You know him? Haha

[Bonemaker]

That’s a given.

[Thank You Rush]

“”Irregardless””

Are you using that word seriously or poking fun? It’s an incorrect way to use “regardless”....

[Jamestown1630]

https://howtosensei.com/writing/how-to-type-an-em-dash-symbol/

[af_vet_1981]

"So let’s not judge anyone for their conversations or their intelligence."

This sentence inside negates the premise of this article titled "8 phrases people with below-average intelligence use in everyday conversation."

[Thank You Rush]

“all you have to do is””

That’s like hearing “just” from someone when you ask a serious question...

“How do I do that?”

“Just turn the knob.”

Gee - thanks - that’s a big help.

[Thank You Rush]

Definitely!!!

[Thank You Rush]

I certainly agree. I just responded to an earlier use of “irregardless” and I expect to be taken to task for my opinion.

[Political Junkie Too]

The use of the phrase “No Kings Protest” when what is meant is rioting by insurrectionists.

Especially during "Pride Month" when everyone is a Queen.

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

I hated "usually always" like "The user usually always complains about the slow resonse."

Do they usually complain, or do they always complain?

-PJ

[Libloather]

[BarbM]

1) Overuse of intensifiers
2) Repeating the same stories.....

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Intelligent people look to first post, rather than trying to read the article.

[yesthatjallen]

“Yous” and “Anyways”