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same same

same same interjection: nothing has changed; It's all the same thing.

Interjection

  1. Nothing has changed; It's all the same thing.
    • Looking at the program of recovery today with different eyes, one really cannot say the term, or the phrase, "Same, Same." Seeing how this program has worked in my life and the changes that I've made sense that first day in that meeting hall is not the same.2013, L.E. Hastings, You, Me, and Everything In Between, →ISBN
    • And what does it matter what the truth is, or when anything happened? It's all the same. Same same. You think it's time passing, but its just you falling apart.2014, Hank Willenbrink, The Boat in the Tiger Suit, →ISBN, page 51

Noun

same same (uncountable)

  1. Same thing.
    • But in the end, all Parvati figures became so much alike...." Before she could continue, he said: "Parvati and yourself become same, same."2004, Rajendra Awasthy, Selected Malayalam Short Stories, →ISBN, page 19
    • “Same same,” Sooki said. “Not same same.” Ernie pointed at his skull. “I use my brain.2005, Martin Limon, Buddha's Money, →ISBN

Questions about same same

What does same same mean?
Same same means nothing has changed; It's all the same thing.
What part of speech is same same?
Same same can be an interjection or a noun.

Words near same same in the dictionary

  1. same old same-old
  2. same old story
  3. same old stuff
  4. same old, same old
  5. same old-same old
  6. same same
  7. same same but different
  8. same sex
  9. same shit, different toilet
  10. same thing
  11. same things

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