"Like, really?"

[jamesbond007]

Just wondering if anyone else has noticed exactly how freaking often some people use the word "like" eleventy billion times per minute. It's an excruciating experience and it greatly lowers the assumed IQ of said individual. Such a person must not hear themselves or think before spewing garbage from their mouths...

Tune in next week to hear about how much I enjoy Tosh.0.

 

[Dirigible]

That's, like, just your opinion man.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I'm guilty of this. I'm trying to cut back on it.

 

[Lean L]

so saying like eleventy billion times is redundant just like jamesbond007?

 

[hanoverphist]

i made a conscious effort to not use those kinds of terms at work a long time ago. hell, i rarely even cuss at work, and i work with a bunch of crude mofos

 

[gorcorps]

You enjoy Tosh.0? And you think using 'like' too much lowers your IQ?

 

[sandorski]

Don't Assume. It makes an Ass out of U and ME.

 

[Kadarin]

I remember once watching some news show where they were interviewing this ghetto-looking black dude. He literally couldn't speak a coherent thought without saying "you know what I'm sayin'" several times.

So, like, this problem isn't, like, limited to the word like. Like, you know?

 

[sactoking]

Ha, I had an investments lecturer as an undergrad that said "umm..." way too much. My buddy and I started taking random 5 minute samplings of her over several weeks and extrapolated the finding out over a full 120 minute class session. We found that at the 99% confidence level she would say "umm..." 812 +/- 56 times. That's between 6.3 and 7.2 times per minute, or once every 9.5-9.7 seconds!

 

[KeithTalent]

Nothing wrong with a good simile.

KT

 

[MoPHo]

I've been training myself to just stop talking and take a moment to think when I'm about to say 'like' or 'umm'. Working pretty well so far.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Nothing wrong with a good simian.

KT

The only good simian poontang is damn dirty simian poontang, I think.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

You are fixated

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
Nothing wrong with a good simian.

KT

The only good simian poontang is damn dirty simian poontang, I think.

Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!

KT

 

[joesmoke]

its because they dont like themselves

 

[coldmeat]

Everybody else noticed this like 10 years ago.

 

[RESmonkey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9hf__54nTQ

 

[0roo0roo]

sometimes the snob is the stupid one.
http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~nunberg/like.html

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: RESmonkey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9hf__54nTQ

:laugh:

 

[jamesbond007]

Originally posted by: iamanidiot
so saying like eleventy billion times is redundant just like jamesbond007?

Yes - at the time, 'jamesbond' was unavailable.

Originally posted by: gorcorps
You enjoy Tosh.0? And you think using 'like' too much lowers your IQ?

I certainly do - it's great entertainment between my frequent visits to TLC, Discovery, and National Geographic.

Originally posted by: sactoking
Ha, I had an investments lecturer as an undergrad that said "umm..." way too much. My buddy and I started taking random 5 minute samplings of her over several weeks and extrapolated the finding out over a full 120 minute class session. We found that at the 99% confidence level she would say "umm..." 812 +/- 56 times. That's between 6.3 and 7.2 times per minute, or once every 9.5-9.7 seconds!

Damn, that's really sad!

I'll have to check out the YouTube video at home.

 

[Leros]

Like, I kno wat ur saying, but like, i dunno

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
sometimes the snob is the stupid one.
http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~nunberg/like.html

Interesting analysis.

 

[boorns]

I had a classmate who used the word "like" in between every other word. Didn't say a lot of coherent thoughts.

I use "like" to describe something that's too hard to explain. Somehow, this makes something easier to visualize for the listener. I think "like" is more of a substitute for that wordless moment. They used to say "uhh" but it got a bad reputation. Oftentimes, it becomes a adjective substitute that isn't replaced with anything better.

Example:
That dog is like, you know, like big. (stupid wordless moment)
That dog is like, you know, like that thing that's like you know, like that thing... (the adjective substitute that never became anything)

I'm probably wrong, but that's my interpretation of the word. I use "sort of like a" to sound somewhat different.

 

[seemingly random]

You are like others who futilely point out idiomatic speech patterns.

Remember when everyone said "that's super!"?
Or when some had "baby on board" signs in their cars?

All these people should be put in front of a wall and ...

 

[IronWing]

fondled?