excuse me
Said as a request for an individual's attention.
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A student once came up to me in the corridor and said “Excuse me are you Wallaert”
Excuse me, waiter? This sex was excellent, may I have another round?
Excuse me.... excuse me... Trump would have made those putts if Joe Biden didn't have gray hair...
YEEEES, of course they do. Excuse me for having turned up the volume that much, but Scotland really is quite a distance from where we live. Greetings from Berlin
“Excuse me, can I please change my major to ‘consumer dog?’”
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Said as a request for an individual's attention.
: Excuse me? Anna? Is that you? — Oh, yes. I am here!
“A student once came up to me in the corridor and said “Excuse me are you Wallaert””
— Bluesky· May 2026“Excuse me, waiter? This sex was excellent, may I have another round?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Excuse me.... excuse me... Trump would have made those putts if Joe Biden didn't have gray hair...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“YEEEES, of course they do. Excuse me for having turned up the volume that much, but Scotland really is quite a distance from where we live. Greetings from Berlin”
— Bluesky· May 2026““Excuse me, can I please change my major to ‘consumer dog?’””
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(North America) Said, as though as a request to repeat information, in order to indicate disbelief or indignation.
“Hantavirus is in my top 3 irrational fears and this cruise ship thing is literally my nightmare. Made worse by the fact that DEER MICE, THE PESTILENT HARBRINGER OF DAMNAAAATIIOOOOON are NATIVE to where I live. Excuse me while I spray every surface in my home with bleach.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“"Excuse me miss ... there's something I need to tell you"”
— Bluesky· May 2026“excuse me the film is from 1999”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Excuse me, it's not the 'far let's, it's the 'hard left'. Regardless, much like the 'far right' they're just cunts in a different wrapper.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Excuse me, we don't know one another but I couldn't help noticing a small typo. Surely that should read 49th., not 69th? Have a wonderful day.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(North America) Said as a request to repeat information.
It was so hot I took off my clothes and sat by the window to cool off.Excuse me?
“I like how she just stops and looks like excuse me?”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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