I mean
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Used to correct an error or slip of the tongue.
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Colloquial A delaying filler.
- They were filth, utter filth. I mean, and this tops it. She even bought the video of her sister dying, or at least the sex act that killed her.2011, Jeremy Robert Hall, Summer Days:
- Q. … To rush for 306 yards against that group, how did you accomplish that? BRIAN KELLY: Well, look, I mean, I could stand up here and BS you guys all day and tell you we're the second coming of the Green Bay Packers rushing attack.2019 October 13, Jack Freeman (interviewer), “Everything Brian Kelly said after Notre Dame's win over USC”, 247Sports, IrishIllustrated.com
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Colloquial A mild intensifier.
- I must say the title puts me off as well. I mean, come on. Is this supposed to be original or creative?
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Colloquial An indication of approximation or uncertainty.
- I mean, it very well could be.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see I, mean.