“No worries if not.”
If those four little words are a regular part of your vocabulary, you’re not alone. “No worries if not” has crept into our work emails, WhatsApp chats and face-to-face conversations. We tend to end the phrase with an exclamation mark, just to hammer home that we’re all super chill. Everything’s fine! Honestly!
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The phrase even began trending on Twitter this week, as people joked about their inability to make a basic request, without adding the go-to get-out clause. Me, running down the street, on fire : Is someone able to please throw some water on me..? No worries if not! Hannah Al-Othman (@HannahAlOthman) July 22, 2021