I've head this comment before, but from my own speech I don't find this to be true at all. It usually means I'm saying something I perceive to be more vulnerable or direct than any party to the conversation has been to that point - not at all that I was being deceptive before that point or after.
Also holds for someone saying "I'm intelligent" and "trust me".
Definitely true for anything named a "Center of Excellence"
And “Frankly” and “I’ll be honest”...
I've head this comment before, but from my own speech I don't find this to be true at all. It usually means I'm saying something I perceive to be more vulnerable or direct than any party to the conversation has been to that point - not at all that I was being deceptive before that point or after.
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Howard Stern is the king of all media.
John 19:21, Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
...And Pilate said "whatever, I'm not gonna rewrite this."