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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhy do some people say adages/proverbs/sayings, even song lyrics a lot, just in their regular conver
Is it a new kind of personality disorder?
Or is it codependency?
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Why do some people say adages/proverbs/sayings, even song lyrics a lot, just in their regular conver (Original Post)
raccoon
Apr 2014
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probably the same reason someone uses terms like "personality disorder" or "codependency."
CBGLuthier
Apr 2014
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CBGLuthier
(12,723 posts)1. probably the same reason someone uses terms like "personality disorder" or "codependency."
Seriously.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)2. I really have got Blue Suede shoes
Two pairs in fact.
nolabear
(41,915 posts)3. Six of one, half dozen of the other.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)4. The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind.
MissMillie
(38,452 posts)5. With my son and I
it's movie quotes, or funny lines from TV shows (often The West Wing).
We do it just to be funny.
raccoon
(31,089 posts)6. Well, yeah, doing it to be funny, or as a sort of game, that's one thing. But IME some people just
...do it.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)7. Writers say it better
Aristus
(66,090 posts)8. At the end of the day,
it is what it is...
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)9. Seriously
Duer 157099
(17,742 posts)10. Are you talkin' to me???? n/t