Street voices
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United States
"Ditto. Another way of just saying, me too, or, likewise. Well, that's that. I'm gonna go home and buy myself a burger. Ah, ditto."
What it means
A quick way to say me too or likewise without making a whole speech out of it. It is casual, punchy, and perfect when you want to agree with someone in one neat little word. Loads of people know it from everyday chat, and it has that tidy copy and paste energy, but spoken out loud.
Usage examples
"You are grabbing burgers after the game? Ditto, dude, and make it two fries because surviving that ref disaster deserves grease, salt, and a tiny miracle."
"She said the highlight of the trip was the tiny bakery on the corner, and ditto from me, I still dream about those cinnamon buns."
Where it comes from
Italian for said, ditto once marked a repeated date or word in old ledgers so clerks did not rewrite it. That clerical shorthand for the same again became the snappy way to echo what someone just said.
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