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Tellini, a surname that originated in Port Said, Egypt. It was commonly used as a term rather than a name by locals to identify mosque thieves. Tellini is also a family name whom are famous in Port Said's crime scene.
"Hey Mohammed, I can't find my new black shoes."
"There must've been a tellini! I can't find my blue shoes either!"
Tellini by mangodopeman February 5, 2023

he's catching on, I'm telling ya 

In reference to Ron Paul's first tv ad for the Republican New Hampshire Primaries.

When this comment is spoken/written, it is meant to be funny.
(As seen in online message boards) Did you see that Ron Paul has 60,000 members in meetup groups? He's catching on, I'm telling ya.

telling stories 

Lying; Making stuff up that's not true.
Tom: Hey Jack, Joe told me he flew his car into a skyscraper the other day!
Jack: Really? I was at his house yesterday, and there wasn't even a scratch on his car.

Tom: Yeah, Joe is pretty good at telling stories. We don't even live close to a city.

I'm tellin' ya

i'm completely serious and/or quite positive of what i've just said.
"hey, that guy over there was just checking out your ass."
"yeah, right. come off it."
"i'm tellin' ya..."
I'm tellin' ya by missanthropy February 15, 2006

You keep telling yourself that 

A response to a possibly false statement that one gives when the party being responded to is certainly deluding themselves. Roughly, "If you keep saying that, you might actually start to believe it".
"The price of gasoline is going to go down tomorrow," quipped Sue. Joe simply responded, "You keep telling yourself that."

i'm telling on you 

usually said by younger sibling to get you in deep shit with your parents
me: HA I beat you at the game
sibling: I'm telling on you
me: no ya not
*hits sibling*
sibling: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MUM! HE HIT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE