"You know how I roll" = whatever

[Hillary Brown]

I don't think it's necessary for them to have met. It might also
roughly translate as "I am cool."

hb

On 12/14/06, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Thanks for the citation, Hillary.  "You know how I am" undoubtedly works in many cases, but the speaker's tone in the commercial sounds a little too superior and dismissive. Also, it's clear that this is the first time the two shipments have met.
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> "How I roll" is roughly equivalent to "how I am" or "how I live my
> life." Maybe "how I be"?
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> Dates back at least as far as 1995 in The Barrio Boyzz' "How We Roll":
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> This is how we roll
> And were rolling like that
> So honey's come in
> Kick off your shoes and lay back
> (Champagne, caviar, and bubble bath)
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> hb
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