Basically Speaking

Well, basically, there was this guy I used to work with and basically he used to say “basically” quite a lot, you know? Basically, he’d often basically use the rising intonation at the end of his sentences, right?

Basically, as he was my line manager I basically couldn’t go on about it, because basically it’s not really basically the done thing. Therefore I used to basically say basically all the time when he wasn’t around, like? Basically the rising intonation also something got outings, basically? Basically I was taking the piss, basically in the most basically puerile way possible, basically behind someone’s back.

Basically the basic problem arose basically during a team meeting where basically I accidentally said “basically” and this was a bad thing right? Basically I was worried basically he’d think I was taking the piss out of him, basically for saying “basically” so often, as well as the rising intonation that he sometimes used basically? Basically I wasn’t taking the piss out of him, basically on this occasion, but there basically were many times when basically I was so basically although I was basically in the right in this occasion, basically I hadn’t been before, which basically made me embarrassed and basically close to laughing which basically would be a bad idea because basically I’d have to basically explain why I was basically laughing and it wouldn’t be pleasant, no? Basically especially when combined with the basically occasional basically rising intonation?

Basically I had to basically bite my tongue and resume banging on about basically the same pointless usual shit I basically banged about in the norm, like?

I haven’t said “basically” in years, basically. It was stressful, basically?