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Irish singer\/songwriter Ronan Keating may have put it best when he penned the lyrics, “You say it best when you say nothing at all” \u2014 and we’re willing to bet these people would agree.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read on for the casual phrases that suggest a person is mentally & emotionally unhinged. If you’re trying to get someone’s attention by saying less, I applaud you. Make them work for it, but maybe refrain from saying these things.<\/p>\n

Mentally and emotionally unhinged people usually say things casually:<\/h2>\n

1. ‘Dude’<\/h3>\n

“I hate when grown adults call me ‘dude.’ I am a 58-year-old man. I’m definitely not a dude.” \u2014 John, 58<\/em><\/p>\n

2. ‘I just can’t’<\/h3>\n

“Using the phrase ‘I can’t’ while laughing uncontrollably is definitely unhinged. It makes no sense whatsoever. It’s an incomplete thought. You can’t … what? It’s the equivalent of me laughing and saying ‘applesauce,’ which makes just as much sense as ‘I can’t’ (none).\u00a0 Also, it suggests you can’t believe what I just said. Well, believe it. It just happened.” \u2014 Joe, 27<\/em><\/p>\n

3. ‘ROTFL’<\/h3>\n

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“If you use the terms LOL, WTF, OMG, LMAO, JK, ROTFL \u2014 which in text terms, means ‘Rolling On The Floor Laughing’ (no, you aren’t) or anything else used in texting while verbally expressing the American lexicon, you’re mentally & emotionally unhinged. If you’re not Paris Hilton and don’t have a billion-dollar empire to go with your dollar menu brain, don’t use these phrases IRL.” \u2014 Alex, 26<\/em><\/p>\n

RELATED: 11 Phrases Brilliant People Use Instead Of \u2018I Knew That Already’<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. ‘Or nah’<\/h3>\n

“Ever hear that song ‘Or Nah’ by Ty Dolla? The teeny boppers love it. I was dating this 20-year-old, and I swear every 5 minutes she’s like, ‘Do you wanna get something to eat? Or nah? Do you wanna drive to Jones Beach? Or nah? Do you love me? Or nah? Unhinged.” \u2014 Jason, 25<\/em><\/p>\n

5. ‘Just sayin”<\/h3>\n

“‘Just sayin’ is an unhinged, annoying suffix to an unwelcome observation. It’s very much like saying, ‘so screw you.” \u2014 David, 48<\/em><\/p>\n

RELATED: 10 Classic Millennial Comebacks That Promptly Put Someone Back In Their Place<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. ‘La-Di-Da’<\/h3>\n

“Have you ever seen the Woody Allen movie, Annie Hall?<\/em> I’ve dated two people who used the phrase ‘la-di-da’ from the movie, and it absolutely drives me crazy because it’s such an unhinged thing to say.” \u2014 Nick, 32<\/em><\/p>\n

7. ‘Totes cray’<\/h3>\n

“I just essentially dislike it when people want to make short words even shorter. There’s nothing worse than being in a bar with drunk people that are amazed, screaming ‘OH MY GOD THAT’S TOTES CRAY CRAY GUUUUURL.’ It’s just lazy and unhinged.” \u2014 Shamal, 27<\/em><\/p>\n

RELATED: 11 Brilliant Phrases That Put People Who Interrupt You In Their Place<\/strong><\/p>\n

Danielle Page<\/em>\u00a0is a writer and editor whose work has been featured on Woman\u2019s Day, Bustle, Cosmopolitan, The New York Times, Thought Catalog, and Huffington Post.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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