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No offense

Posted by David FG on September 16, 2004

In Reply to: No offense posted by karux on September 16, 2004

: when is the phrase"no offence" used?

When saying something that would normally be offensive, but the speaker does not intend it to be. For example - 'no offence, but I hate your tie.'

In my experience, people tend to use it when they have been, or are about to be, extremely offensive!

DFG

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