not that there's anything wrong with that

English

Etymology

Popularized as a catchphrase on the 1993 episode "The Outing" of Seinfeld.

Phrase

not that there's anything wrong with that

1. A signal phrase that one does not wish to offend when discussing a potentially contentious issue involving personal beliefs.

   Synonym: (initialism) NTTAWWT

   • 2003 November 16, Paul Morley, “Meet the Marxists”, in The Observer‎^[1]:

     In the bizarro world of Pop Idol, this is true, everything he says is true, which makes him a kind of God. In the real world, tantalisingly just outside the reach of Pop Idol, it makes him a kind of clown. Not that there's anything wrong with that, as long as he doesn't get to make any more pop records.

   • 2012 March 2, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Mar 2, 2012:

     "You mean to tell me after all that...?" "I think she's just a little girl who thinks the boys at her school are smelly." "That's a relief. I mean, not that there'd be anything wrong with that, but -- wait, do lesbians have to say that?"