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“many writers and speakers and their “fall back expressions.” this just may be r’ yoichinen’s.”

As Tosafos in Kesubos 2b says:

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Although Tosafos is not talking about what the Amora would say inasmuch as he is saying that the Gemara uses different words to refer to different Amoraim’s statements.

Interestingly, R’ Yochanan also is often the protagonist in the stories that involve a student getting killed: The story with the student scoffing about the ????? ????? ???????? in the Messianic Era, the story with Rav Kahana, the story with Reish Lakish etc. Was that also a personality thing?