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If I may be so bold

"If I may be so bold" is a phrase that can be inserted into any everyday conversation to make yourself sound smarter/better. You don't even have to be saying something totally out there or "bold"...you can just say it.
I think this sandwich is great, if I may be so bold.

Her booty is bumping, if I may be so bold.

I love you, if I may be so bold.
by girl43210 March 4, 2011
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if i loved you less, i might be able to talk about it more

from Jane Austen's Emma, meaning that i love you so much that i can even put it into words.
"(name) If I loved you less, i might be able to talk about it more."
by bottomsblues November 13, 2022
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If I may sip...

A spin-off of the classic "spill the tea," if someone says "if I may sip," they're requesting the tea on a situation. Also used when asking someone for more details on the tea.
"Omg girl, if I may sip... what happened last night?!"
by PrincipalHades June 13, 2025
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If I am not noticing Mel Gibson, I might die (What genders want)

What I call homo-sapiens who are addicted to abscesses.
Person 1: Are you addicted to abscesses?
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: If I am not noticing Mel Gibson, I might die (What genders want).
by LeSouffleDeVersailles January 21, 2025
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If I had my little way

If I had my little way I would drink alcohol every day. That way I can think.

You know what maybe I just need to get laid. Maybe that will change things around, Need to call up a girl
by Evilous Dark Power November 11, 2020
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Empathy for one. In the absence of empathy, if the amount of energy takes for you to get me to do a thing supersedes the amount of energy required for the thing to be done then it wouldn't be practical for you to make me do the thing. Additionally, my awareness of my own mortality makes it impossible for me to be perpetually made to do thing because I can always just kill myself. It incentivizes harming you and the things you care about. It gives your enemies a de-facto ally. But it's intriguing that you think that there is only one reason...
JeerpJoop "If I can make you do what I want and get away with it, why should I not?"

Hym "Well, for starters, there's more than one reason. Secondly, you literally can't. You can only leverage (either) my desire to live against performing the act OR the hope that I may not have to continue doing it indefinitely. Which is how you get people to stay in your suffering cult. You leverage their desire to live and their hope that their suffering will end to get them to do what you want or behave how you want to behave. It's actually kind of illuminating to because if you're God rewards screwing people over then is it not evil? Sounds evil. It ties back into you not actually believing in God but rather believing that God is on your side and that it will forgive you if you do the opposite of what it said."
by Hym Iam November 8, 2023
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