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I finally realized what the infamous “yeah-no” probably means after listening to Matt Taibbi use something similar in his Substack show with Walter Kirn. He says “yeah, I know” which is perhaps what was eventually shortened to “yeah-no”. He also uses “you know” as a filler whereas his “yeah, I know” is always as a response to what the other person just said. The “I” is almost silent and was perhaps eventually dropped in common parlance. So it’s actually “yeah-know”, not “yeah-no”.
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