"Like".

[kawan 6]

To me, it is one of the most evil words in the English Language. Oh come on! You must know what this means!

Using the word "like" to mean "along the lines of" or "similiar".

"So I was like, at this friend's house, and like we were just minding our own business and like my friend's mom, like, comes in, and we were like, what are you doing here? And she was like okay, i'll come back later, like totally".

EVIL! Usually said in every phrase or clause and you cannot make sense of what they just said.

So the point is, are you GUILTY of using this word once in a while? Or do you loathe people who use this word?

I used to be one of them...but now i've grown out of it, and I look down on people who use it...literally.

[ilikehotdogsalot 308]

I do this all the time, sadly.

[The_Dalai_Llama 15]

You're like so right about like everything in your post.  I like use it every once in a while, but not after like every other word like I'm doing here to like annoy you all.

[masochist 111]

I use it like that.  Many times, I'll use it as a placeholder in a sentence as I try and gather a thought that has left me.

But that's the nice thing about the internet: I don't have to think of a complete thought instantaneously while I type it, which means I don't have to use placeholders like "like" or "ummm...."

Wait .  That's not true at all.  I use "ahh" like that all the time. 

Ahh...gotta go !

[coolotter88 2]

I only use it to replace said because I can't remember exactly what the person said.

[Barbarossa 51]

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[Duke87 1,070]

Eh, everyone does it sometimes. Such is the way slanguage goes.

It only gets annoying when done in excess:

Like, oh my god, that is like, the best thing in like, ever!quote>

Sadly, a lot of preteen-teen girls talk like that. This is one of those things that a lot of people do and it doesn't bother a normal person but it bothers me because my intelligence rises above the drivel of the masses. My sister is even worse in this department- she'll correct you if you use "good" where you should technically use "well" and all sorts of such things. She's really one of those heil grammar types. And that can get just as annoying, frankly.

[JohnB 66]

I despise when someone talks in that manner. Its the way that  teenage conformist girls produce sounds, because in no way could that be called speaking. Here are my main reasons for hating when someone talks like this.

1. It sounds extremely annoying

2. Its impossible to understand what you just said

3. Since nearly everyone under 25 seems to be speaking like this, they are basically trying to make "stupid" as the new cool. And stupidity has never been considered cool in my personal opinion.  

4. Speaking like that destroys the english language, which is among the most beautiful in the world when spoken properly. 

Now I'm not one of those people who cares if you said "well" or "good" but I prefer using a much more intricate vocabulary than the common masses.  

Seriously now, read some freaking books you conformist harlots and use english properly!!!  

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

I always talk like (haha) that.  It's a really hard habit to break, although I'm trying not to say it as much. But there's no other word I can think of to take its place.  I use it for said, thought,  approximately, and probably alot of other meanings

[hamsterTK 93]

I think it's a manners/respect thing

If you are young, and you are giving or receiving instructions from another person who is young, using informal language such as "like" gives off a friendly tone that might be necessary if this person happens to be your boss at your min. wage job and you did something to piss him or her off.

Also, aren't there some languages out there where this kind of thing is built in?

But that's the nice thing about the internet: I don't have to think of a complete thought instantaneously while I type it, which means I don't have to use placeholders like "like" or "ummm...."quote>

I'm the same way.

I could debate something online all day long. But in person I have a hard time putting words together in a way that's eloquent enough to sound convincing.

My dad is like that too, sometimes he pauses in the middle of a sentence and starts repeating the same phrase over and over and has to pause and collect his thoughts.

[MoonCheese 0]

Like, ya know, like, whatevarr. Or something.

I tend to do that a lot in speech. Not so much in posts or IMs, but sometimes they sneak in. It doesn't really bother me when other people do it.

[octaves 4]

Like, yeah.

[Odainsaker 2,135]

At least I don't use "da kine" as often anymore, as in the following conversation:

- It's like, you know da kine...
- Da kine?  Wot kine?
- You know, da kine.
- Oh, you mean like dat kine?
- Yeah, dat kine!  Not da odda kine.
- Okay, I know da kine.

[screamingman12 30]

I don't really use it in that manner often, although I have a friend who does. A rather funny incedent happend a while back where this person was giving a presentation in English class, and someone said "Do you think you said 'like' enough?"

[hym 358]

I was taught (and believe) that clutter such as "like" and others can destroy a person's perceived credibility.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

In this context, "like" is a grunt-word like "ah", "er", "um", "Y'know".  These words give you time to think of what you are going to say next.  Best to keep your mouth shut until you have the whole sentence.

Confucius Say:

Make sure brain engaged before putting mouth in gear.

[DuskTrooper 314]

ENGLISH....do you speak it.....

[patriots_1228 51]

If you use it every once in a while to hold your place, ex. "I meant, like, [insert question]" its okay.

if you do it stereotype calafornian style, then its, like, totally not okay

but i think old people overreact to these kinds of things. Just because we don't do everything just like them, they think we are stupid or we can't speak english. Languages change over generations. Your parents probably thought you sounded like an idiot when you say "rad" or "swell" in the 70s.

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

I agree that languages change over time (except Latin, which is dead, dead, dead).  However, grunt mannerisms only change with the language.  For example: Current usage of the phrase "so fun" is derived from "so much fun".  It is an example of compressed idiom that happens in a living language.

Grunt words in my day (two generations ago) were words "uh", "huh", "um", "ah".  Now we have "like" in some dialects, and "y'know" another.  Plus ca change, plus c'set la meme chose.  I am omitting diacritic marks because the movie I want to see is  coming on now.

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: patriots_1228

Languages change over generations. Your parents probably thought you sounded like an idiot when you say "rad" or "swell" in the 70s.quote>

   "swell" is from the 40s, not the 70s.   I don't recall ever saying "rad".

But you do have a point.   My parents didn't like the language we used.  I remember my dad telling my sister that "humongous" wasn't a word.   I, of course, backed up my sister and told him that it was.  But it wasn't in the dictionary back then.

 

[BurroDiablo 222]

I used 'like' a few times... saying "He was like" instead of "He said"... its too common to be hated effectivly

Although, people who say it far too frequently get on my nerves

[patriots_1228 51]

El Burro-yep. I hate when im forced to do that. Your trying to tell a funny story but you can't think of how to word it so you say

"he was like"
"then I was like"

and 9 out of 10 times, it makes the story unfunny

[SimRabbit 48]

it's like ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!1111111111

i use this word alot in rl btw

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Awri' youse guys, what about TANSTAAFL?  Or how 'bout BASTERFLATT'NFRIGANITT'NPAKALUMER? Longest, most satisfactory non-swear word that sounds awful that I know.