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1. Used to correct an error or slip of the tongue.
2. (colloquial)A delaying filler.
   • 2011, Jeremy Robert Hall,Summer Days:

     They were filth, utter filth.I mean, and this tops it. She even bought the video of her sister dying, or at least the sex act that killed her.

   • 2019 October 13, Jack Freeman (interviewer),“Everything Brian Kelly said after Notre Dame's win over USC”,247Sports, IrishIllustrated.com:

     Q. [...] To rush for 306 yards against that group, how did you accomplish that?
     BRIAN KELLY: Well, look,I mean, I could stand up here and BS you guys all day and tell you we're the second coming of the Green Bay Packers rushing attack.

3. (colloquial)A mild intensifier.

   I must say the title puts me off as well.I mean, come on. Is this supposed to be original or creative?

4. (colloquial)An indication of approximation or uncertainty.

   I mean, it very well could be.

• (delaying filler):like,well,you know
• (mild intensifier):like,well,you know
• (indicating approximation or uncertainty):like,well,you know

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