help me find (non-slang) substitute words for the slang phrase "like"

[alee25]

i cant seem to get rid of it, it just slips out. What are some substitute words for the slang term "like."

 

[Kelvrick]

Such as?

 

[vi edit]

similar to

 

[PlatinumGold]

what's wrong with using "like"??

 

[pyonir]

most resembling

 

[BlueApple]

similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance; affinity, approximation, parallelism; analogy, analogicalness; correspondence, homoiousia, parity. connaturalness, connaturality; brotherhood, family likeness. be similar; look like, resemble, bear resemblance; parallel, match, rhyme with; take after; imitate. render similar; assimilate, approximate, bring near; connaturalize, similar; resembling; like, alike; twin. analogous, analogical; parallel, of a piece; such as, so; homoiousian. connatural, congener, allied to; akin to (consanguineous). approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like; a show of; mock, pseudo, simulating, representing.

 

[Cyberian]

alee25 may have been referring to a statement such as:
"I was like hanging out and my friend was like sleeping ,so I like woke him up and then he was like all mad at me."

 

[tweakmm]

beat me to it

 

[pyonir]

i know what it means. but like, anyone that like talks like that...really like annoys me. like it isn't that hard to like stop saying it. just don't like say it.

 

[gopunk]

kind of

 

[bjb86s]

Fillers make you sound like a 'tard. Just use a pause until you can gather your thoughts.

 

[alee25]

ya i was referrnig to the stuff Cyberian posted about:




<< "I was like hanging out and my friend was like sleeping ,so I like woke him up and then he was like all mad at me." >>



any more sophisticated filter words that i could use?

 

[pyonir]

why replace it? so you can continue to be annoying.

how about "dawg" or "son" or "kid" or "word"

 

[djheater]

<< Fillers make you sound like a 'tard. Just use a pause until you can gather your thoughts. >>



Agree.

Though I doubt I would have used "'tard"

It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than open it and remove all doubt.