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8 phrases people with below-average intelligence use in everyday conversation
Geediting.com ^ | 06/13/2025 | Olivia Reid

Posted on 06/15/2025 12:58:06 PM PDT by 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.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Education; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: 8; adverecundiam; belowaverage; conversation; everyday; globalist; intelligence; neocon; nobrainer; oliviareid; people; phrases; trump; trumpishitler; use; with
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To: Fledermaus

“”That’s half of FReepers.””

That’s for sure!


41 posted on 06/15/2025 1:30:44 PM PDT by Thank You Rush ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Repeating the same stories can be endearing. There’s a familiarity to grammar school friends who always repeat the things they remember most from school days that is comforting. It connects me to my past in a way that makes me grateful, not bored.

And older people repeat stories, as well. I rarely let a dear friend know that the stories she tells are hoary with age. I just settle in and enjoy the reminder of a half century friendship. Almost every conversation includes her running to her bathroom window when she would hear the squeal of my disc brakes to know I was home so she could call out the window to me.

I actually find something offputting in this article. As though the author places herself above the people making these unforgivable mistakes.


42 posted on 06/15/2025 1:31:09 PM PDT by mairdie
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To: 38special

You are really a stupid knuckle dragging idiot if you believe that! /s/

Seriously, I agree in particular when a certain European war is discussed.


43 posted on 06/15/2025 1:32:21 PM PDT by redfreedom (Happiness is shopping at Walmart and not hearing Spanish once!)
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To: Fungi

“Using “like” every third word. Hannity is good at that, why I no longer listen.”

Using “you know” in every sentence. Queen Hillary is good at that, which is one of many reasons are never listened.


44 posted on 06/15/2025 1:34:28 PM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“Ax me!”


45 posted on 06/15/2025 1:35:48 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Fledermaus

It’s not always an insult, even in the South. Sometimes it’s meant sincerely. Context is everything.


46 posted on 06/15/2025 1:36:09 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: HandyDandy

I love it.

Cognitive behavioral therapy summed up in 5 words.

A brief synopsis if The Serenity Prayer.


47 posted on 06/15/2025 1:38:41 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: mairdie

I have to stop myself from saying “an old high school friend called me”. Certainly any friend I had in high school is OLD without me saying so!


48 posted on 06/15/2025 1:38:45 PM PDT by Thank You Rush ( )
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To: Jamestown1630

“You know?”, fifty members of one college football team said it last week.


49 posted on 06/15/2025 1:39:38 PM PDT by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: Labyrinthos

Look, you know, ah, ah, and other hesitation markers drive me nuts. To me, “like” is the worst.


50 posted on 06/15/2025 1:40:12 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: ChicagoConservative27

F bombs, especially the chicks.


51 posted on 06/15/2025 1:41:11 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Intelligence is not the same as knowledge, or a wide vocabulary (which is specialized knowledge). Intelligence is related to to the speed at which someone can solve problems given circumstances at hand. I think the symptoms proposed in the article are more closely related to education/knowledge than intelligence.


52 posted on 06/15/2025 1:41:12 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wow. An accurate article. Maybe AI writers are something after all.


53 posted on 06/15/2025 1:41:18 PM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“To be honest about it,........


54 posted on 06/15/2025 1:42:28 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Like ..Caroline Kennedy


55 posted on 06/15/2025 1:42:48 PM PDT by South Dakota (Vance / Trump...2028 )
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To: Chickensoup

I agree. I love it too.


56 posted on 06/15/2025 1:43:01 PM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: NurdlyPeon

Two I have always disliked. This one from the 80s “My bad.” And this one - “Just saying.”


57 posted on 06/15/2025 1:43:11 PM PDT by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Using “ask” as a noun.
The ask is for you to ...

Same thing with “spend”.
It will reduce the spend.


58 posted on 06/15/2025 1:44:23 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: South Dakota

I’ve never understood that. Her parents were educated and cultivated, but she didn’t seem to pick any of it up.


59 posted on 06/15/2025 1:44:31 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What the f*** is this article about. I think it is f***en s***.

That guy don’t know what he’s f****en talking about. Shaddup now. We’re watching real fat people,f***en porkers wrestle with cancer survivor meth addicts.

Good s***, man!


60 posted on 06/15/2025 1:45:45 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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