just saying

adverb

Used to deflect responsibility for a hurtful remark.

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Meanings

adverb

alternative just sayin'

  1. informalUsed to deflect responsibility for a hurtful remark.
  2. informalUsed to emphasize a play on words.

    Ashley: Look at the size of that ship! Kaidan: The Ascension. Flagship of the Citadel fleet. Joker: Well, size isn't everything. Ashley: Why so touchy, Joker? Joker: I'm just saying you need firepower, too.

    2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1

Origin

Ellipsis of I'm just saying.

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Translations

Finnish sanonpahan vain
  • sanonpahan vainused to deflect responsibility for a hurtful remark
French je dis ça, je dis rien
  • je dis ça, je dis rienused to deflect responsibility for a hurtful remark
German ja nur meinen
  • ja nur meinenused to deflect responsibility for a hurtful remark
Polish tak tylko mówię
  • tak tylko mówięused to deflect responsibility for a hurtful remark
Spanish no digo nada, ahí lo dejo
  • no digo nadaused to deflect responsibility for a hurtful remark
  • ahí lo dejoused to deflect responsibility for a hurtful remark
Cite this entry
APA

just saying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/just%20saying

MLA

“just saying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/just%20saying. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “just saying,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/just%20saying.

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