" I Mean" is virus word that is used as single word to begin every sentence. It replaces "Umm;" and the less virulent "soooo;" that is currently being spread by PHDs, doctors and professors. It's virulence is equivalent to the notorious Valley-girl "Like; " from the 90s.
"I Mean" originated with a white guy who owned lots of cats that lived in the tunnels by the Bronx River. In 2018 he landed an
internship at a New York City Public Radio Station where his constant use of the word "I Mean" spread to it's production staff and news hosts who then infected staff at other Public Radio stations nationally and News hour hosts in British Broadcasting corporations. All things considered, the hosts on the media are basically super-spreaders of this virulent pre-sentence brain fart.
"Max, I mean; I love you."
"I mean; I love you too, Sid."
An immediate response to a stupid question, or question with a next-to-obvious answer. The placeholder is supposed to be used by itself, with the "..." implying a period of silent waiting for the question asker to re-contemplate the stupidity of his/her question and/or understand that the person that he/she is asking the question to is of superior caliber and need not waste time answering this goddam stupid question. In fact, "I mean..." need not be used after a question. A cocky fucker can just use it all the time, and not have to say anything else!
When that oneslut asked DDB if he had the time, he quickly gave her that look and said, "I mean..." since a) DDB obviously doesn't have the time for some stupid slut, not to mention anyone really, and b) if she was asking for the clock time, why should he answer that when she can just look up at the sun's position in the sky, and if its night she can just wait a couple of hours, and if she's blind then why the fuck does she need to know the time anyway, I mean...