daggermoon@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoHow come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing?message-squaremessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareHow come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing?daggermoon@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square55linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSend Pics of Sandwiches@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up49·5 days agoFat chance is sarcastic, slim chance is direct
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 days agoYeah, no. …what? No, sorry, I was offering another example, not replying to your salient point. ;-)
minus-squareSethranKada@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoThat ones slightly different though, because that “yeah” means “OK” or “uh”, not “yes” in this context. Its just a way to give your brain extra time to think of a response. pedantic, yes, but I enjoy that
Fat chance is sarcastic, slim chance is direct
Yeah, no.
…what? No, sorry, I was offering another example, not replying to your salient point. ;-)
That ones slightly different though, because that “yeah” means “OK” or “uh”, not “yes” in this context. Its just a way to give your brain extra time to think of a response.
pedantic, yes, but I enjoy that