u/GreenForestMarble

My brain tends to latch onto certain words and phrases and I will use them frequently in conversation. The problem is this can be embarrassing as sometimes they are kind of odd.

For example when I was playing card games with people I couldn't stop saying "One slight second" whenever I needed more time to make a decision and I could tell people thought my wording was weird. I also keep saying things like "I don't even know" instead of I don't know and "you don't even know" I've been told this makes me sound not very smart and I don't want to come across that way but once I start using certain phrases I can't seem to stop. ( although sometimes they randomly go away on their own or get switched for something else) Does anyone know why this happens or how I can control it?