me three

adv, noun — 2 senses

me three

adv

Etymology A pun, based on a jocular re-interpretation of me too as me two. Can be continued as me four, me five, and so on.

1

Humorous, Idiomatic Used to express agreement, after someone has already said "me too." Can be continued as "me four," "me five," and so on.

  • “...Come if you can—he’d like that a lot.” / “Me, too.” / “Me, three.” She gave a girlish giggle and unlocked her door.1982, Richard Kluger, Un-American Activities, Doubleday Publishing, page 524
  • “I hate saying good-bye,” Lulu said sadly. / “Me too,” Pam said. / “Me three,” Anna said.1995, Jeanne Betancourt, Give Me Back My Pony, Scholastic Paperbacks,, →ISBN, page 16:
1 more example
  • Perhaps a first worker complained about an aspect of their work environment, and others chimed in—Me too, me three!2006, Michelle Murphy, Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty: Environmental Politics, Technoscience, and Women Workers, Duke University Press, page 1

me three

noun

Etymology A pun, based on a jocular re-interpretation of me too as me two. Can be continued as me four, me five, and so on.

1

Idiomatic, No plural An expression of support to a position that has already been proposed and seconded after someone has already said "me too." Can be continued as me four, me five, and so on.

  • Mostly, I just wanted to say sort of a me-too, or me-three, or me-ten statement at this point: The census is extremely important.1980 June 7, in U.S. House Subcommittee on Census and Population, Oversight hearings on the 1980 census: hearings before the Subcommittee on Census and Population of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first [-second] session, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 95

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