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um

Or umm

[uhm, uhn, uhm, uhn]

interjection

  1. (used as an expression of doubt, hesitation, deliberation, interest, etc.)



um

1

/ ʌm, əm /

interjection

  1. a representation of a common sound made when hesitating in speech

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

um

2

abbreviation

  1. US Minor Outlying Islands

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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I also extended requests to the hosts of Prime Video’s “Wear ever the F You Want,” famed TV stylists Clinton Kelly and Stacy London, presuming they could illuminate the philosophy behind these, um, let’s call them bold swings.

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“She’d come in and be like, ‘Um ...’ and I’d be like, ‘Yes,’” says Johnson.

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"All of the people are hungry. Everyone fights to get what they want, how are we supposed to get anything?" said Um Mohammad Abu Hajar, who was unable to secure an aid box on Thursday.

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Some users were still able to get it back on this nonsensical subject by merely asking Grok to, um, “jork it.”

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One of their biggest hits in Ireland, "Get Your Brits Out," combines IRA-style political slogans with a refrain meant to encourage young women in the audience to, um … I think you get it.

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