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I'm good
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English
Etymology
Possibly originally en poker slang, used to tell the dealer that one does not want additional cards.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-I'm good.wav US
Phrase
phr
en chiefly US informal No, thank you: used when asked whether one wants or needs something, etc.
en-GB Kitty Drake Sex first, dinner later: what can singles in Oslo, Berlin, Paris and Rome teach me about dating? w:The Guardian 2026-02-21 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/feb/21/what-can-singles-learn-european-dating-oslo-berlin-paris-and-rome 0261-3077 Once I asked a man whether I could kiss him, and he said, “I’m good, thanks”, as though I had offered him a crisp. https://web.archive.org/web/20260221152219/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/feb/21/what-can-singles-learn-european-dating-oslo-berlin-paris-and-rome
Synonyms
see Thesaurus:no
Translations
no, thank you
Hungarian: hu nem kérek semmit
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb det går fint, nb det går bra
Polish: pl nie, dziękuję
Swedish: sv det går bra ändå, sv jag är nöjd
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