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In terms of annoying-once-you-notice-it idioms, should readers assume dishonesty on all other statements made by people that prefix only some small subset of th
by Jedd 4y ago
In terms of annoying-once-you-notice-it idioms, should readers assume dishonesty on all other statements made by people that prefix only some small subset of their claims with 'Honestly ...' and 'To be honest ...'?
- cal85 4y agoNo, because they mean "honest" in the sense of "frank/unguarded", not "truthful".
- Jedd 4y ago'To be frank [or candid] ...' seems like a superior phrase, in that case.
- zeroonetwothree 4y agoIt's typically used for statements that might otherwise be interpreted non-literally or hyperbolically. Of course the risk is that over time it becomes so commonplace that it starts to be used itself to connote hyperbole, much like how "literally" has come to mean "figuratively" in many uses. But c'est la vie.
- _dain_ 4y agono, it's just a carelessness