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I wonder if anyone feels the same way about your use of "natch".

I do!

> I'd say more but I'm already wasting words.

ofc

It's quite old, I'm surprised you're only seeing it now

Insert that xkcd comic

I needed to look up „natch” lol

Why don't you tell us too?

For anyone reading: it means "of course"

Technically it means "naturally" which (to me, natural UK English) reads to me as slightly less sarcastic than "of course", especially if you get the "of COURSE" intonation (implies "the little shits" at the end of the sentence to me, if you see what I mean. "Naturally, the BBC has the news" - good job, fellas! "Of COURSE, the BBC has the news" - the little shits, running around wasting our money on this, probably stealing from rubbish bins.)

I may have put too much thought into this.

You’re not alone! I remember natch having a connotation of bragging, too, e.g. “I played my new set last night. Three women gave me their numbers. Natch.”

Another one is ‘lol’

If you happen to see that one, it stands for ‘laughing out loud’.