You wanna tell me why!

An antecedent denoting importance or necessarily increased emphasis to a story. Term tends to prepare the listener for a significantly strong dose of any of the following emotional states: irony, tragedy, exhaustion, surprise, embarrassment, or frustration.

You wanna tell me why I got accosted by a homeless guy and pretended like I was deaf AND mute so that he wouldn't hit me up for money!

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To Tell You The Truth

When you state something that's obvious.

To tell you the truth I think some people don't act their age.

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tell you what

1. To kick someone in the face

1. I'm gonna tell you what!

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i tell you what

chiefly southern, esp texan. added at the end of pretty much anything, esp to add exclamatory sense to a clause. has a somewhat cryptic meaning known only to southerners. so you non-hicks, stop trying.

Bill's car is so red, I tell you what!

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i tell you what

A phrase commonly used by people in the South. Can be used in the beginning or end of a sentence. Common to Texans, it is used as a whole sentence, with nothing before or after it.

Bill Engvall talking about Texans: "Man, I tell you what."
"What?"
"I told you."

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I tell you what

Something Gary Whittaker says to either begin or end a conversation.

"I tell you what, that beagle is a power dog." - Gary Whittaker

"I tell you what, one time I ate 5 gallons of ice cream in one sitting" - Gary Whittaker

"I was at one time, the fastest man in Ohio...I tell you what, was the fastest white guy down at state." - Gary Whittaker

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tell you bout yourself

A country way to mean "tell someone off." Also can imply "fuck someone up."

Tee: Yo, you ugly as shit.
Nae-Nae: Meet me outside, bitch. Bet you I'll tell you bout yourself.

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