| 100% | SOTHATSHOWITCOMESOUT | 20 | "I don't mean to sound bitter, cold or cruel, but I am ___": Bill Hicks |
| 42% | YOURETHEONLYTENISEE | 19 | "I don't mean to pry, but are you from Nashville? Because ..." |
| 38% | BRAG | 4 | "I don't mean to ___, but ..." |
| 36% | PRY | 3 | "I don't mean to ___, but ..." (start of a nosy question) |
| 36% | PRY | 3 | "I don't mean to ___, but ..." (start of a personal question) |
| 35% | NOSY | 4 | Like people who say “I don’t mean to pry, but . . .” |
| 34% | BRAG | 4 | What one might do after saying “I don’t mean to toot my own horn, but . . .” |
| 32% | NAGNAG | 6 | "Stop! I don't need to be constantly reminded!" |
| 31% | PRY | 3 | "I don't mean to ___..." |
| 31% | PRY | 3 | "I don't mean to ___ ..." |
| 30% | LET | 3 | "___ me be!" ("I don't want to be bothered!") |
| 30% | JUSTANIDEA | 10 | "We don't have to, but figured I'd mention it" |
| 30% | PRY | 3 | "I don't mean to ___ ..." (intro to a nosy question) |
| 29% | BRAG | 4 | "I don't want to __, but ... " |
| 28% | BRASSED | 7 | __ off means to be fed up or annoyed |
| 28% | COMEOVER | 8 | "I want to see you but I don't want to leave my place" |
| 28% | IVE | 3 | "You don't know what ___ been through" ("Be nice to me") |
| 28% | BLURT | 5 | Don't mean to say |
| 27% | THAT | 4 | "I don't wanna be ___ guy, but ..." |
| 27% | LARSON | 6 | Cartoonist who said "I don't read or watch TV to get ideas. My work is basically sitting down at the drawing table and getting silly" |
| 27% | ABSENTEES | 9 | People expected or required to be present somewhere but aren't |
| 27% | PSST | 4 | Sound meant to be heard by only one person |
| 27% | CRY | 3 | "I don't know whether to laugh or ___" |
| 27% | ALICE | 5 | "But I don't want to go among mad people" speaker |
| 27% | WHENINROME | 10 | "I don't usually fall to peer pressure, but..." |
| 27% | MAEWEST | 7 | "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted" |
| 27% | COULDNTFINDTHETHYME | 19 | "I always wanted to be a gardener, but I ... " |
| 27% | HADNOCOMMONSCENTS | 17 | "I always wanted to be a perfumer, but I ... " |
| 27% | HAVENTGOTWHATIKNEAD | 19 | "I always wanted to be a baker, but I ... " |
| 27% | JUSTDIDNTGETTHEPOINTE | 21 | "I always wanted to be a ballerina, but I ... " |