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Words or phrases that annoy you (even if you can't explain why) . . .
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Your examples are rock solid and make sense.
However the OP never gave us any examples. The line between agreeing and sarcasm is not always self-evident, right?
It is interesting to me, that when somebody uses "I identify as" rather than "I am", it is being used as a synonym for 'I feel like and wish to be treated as' but also a recognition that the person is NOT actually the thing they wish to be identified as.
Here’s an interesting article about the “-ification of everything”:
www.newyorker.com
The “-ification” of Everything
Novelty coinages are good at grabbing attention in the digital economy. What do they really have to say?
Gregg2 specified the word being used in agreement, not sarcastically. There's always going to be context that makes it obvious. If "right" is used sarcastically, it's almost always "riiight" (emphasis on the "i") and no upward intonation at the end (and thus no question mark).
Example:
Person 1: "My modded Civic can do 0-60 in 2.5 seconds."
Person 2: "Riiight."
This is why we need examples from the OP for a proper context. "Right?" out of the context is meaningless to say the least.
The main idea here is to have all the power and at the same time to be liberated from all the responsibility. Who would not like that? Liberal rules based order, right?
Evidently NICH is the original pronunciation of that word in English and NEESH wasn't noted until 1917 and didn't gain wide use until the mid 20th century.
In thinking of my own usage, I think I tend to use NICH when referring to a physical location and NEESH when using the word in an abstract sense. Probably using the French pronunciation to sound more educated.
Yep, add me to that... and "pardner," especially when I'm being called that by a full-of-himself Baptist preacher.
So both of the conversation participants are going on a trip? The question mark kind of makes it a bit unclear.
“I’m so looking forward to this trip!”
"Right?! That girl you were talking about the other day."
Isn’t that type of wording usually used with trans people? If you don’t feel like you’re the gender you were born as, it might sound odd to say “I am”. Just my thought.
I'm not sure why the question mark would be what makes it unclear. Without the question mark, it wouldn't even make sense as a response, as what the first person said is not a statement of fact that can be verified or denied by "right" or "wrong," respectively, but rather they expressed a subjective feeling. By "right?" the second person is simply indicating they share the same feeling, either in reality (they're also going on the trip) or vicariously (they're not going, but can imagine how much they'd enjoy it if they were, and also understand how much you'll be enjoying it).
Yes, that is a bit of an odd phrasing that you often hear. I guess it's a bit similar to saying, for example, "The price increases have caused no small stir among consumers" (meaning it's caused a big stir), etc. I guess it's just a way to add a bit of extra emphasis to one's point.
So essentially in this case "Right?" is just a shorter version of "I know, right?" which you actually used in one of your examples previously. I still feel that while in conversation "I know" might not be necessary, in text format the context becomes washed out. In other words it becomes a slang.
In my example, it was more like thinking out loud and remembering how this trip came about in the first place. It would probably be a longer "Riiight?!".
It is probably a way to disagree without hurting the feelings of the other person. It is almost impossible to agree on "everything" anyway even in a best case scenario when interests of both parties are affected.