Where would society be without the word "like"?

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<p>Like omgosh Christmas has just passed and like, well, we're almost at the New Year, and like, I really hope that like 2007 is going to be like a fantastic year and like the other day I saw a cat on the street, and it was like orange, and I was like hey, it reminded me of a tiger, and like then I remembered my trip to the zoo at like age 2 and like I bought ice cream and pizza, and like food, and then like, I had to walk home in the pouring rain, and like, my hair got soaked, so I had to like, wash it out with shampoo and like conditioner, and then I went to watch tv, and like Brad Pitt was on TV and then, I like fainted.</p>

<p>:) Sorry, I'm just really frustrated at people who use "like" every few words. </p>

<p>Like omgosh, if they couldn't like, use the word, they'd like, totally be screwed.</p>

<p>OKay, now the word looks like it's spelled wrong. :)</p>

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<p>So, I kinda don't like "like" too, like, if someone would, likesay, - so, like, do you, like, whatever, - I'd go like, - So, hey, you, like, kinda, whatever you, like, you know, eh?</p>

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<p>We'd be more clear and fluent without "like".</p>

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<p>We'd, like, seem like smart. But I'm more annoyed with the people say um and uh rather than like.</p>

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I'm more annoyed with the people say um and uh rather than like.

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<p>Same here.</p>

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<p>snoopyiscool: We'd, like, seem like smart. But I'm more annoyed with the people say um and uh rather than like. </p>

<p>I do that...all of them...<em>crying</em></p>

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<p>The sad thing is that, like, I could totally understand what you guys were, like, saying without having to, like, mentally remove the "likes" you had obviously, like, inserted for comic effect.</p>

<p>Groddy to the max.
Like, gag me with a spoon.</p>

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<p>like, I don't really like it either.</p>

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<p>when i was little my sister and i were really bad with the word like. so my mom invented the like jar in which we had to put a quarter everytime we said like. it worked really well. except now i get really annoyed when others say like every other word.</p>

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<p>this thread is hilarious!! thanks OP</p>

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<p>I say like. Not as much as some people, but yeah.</p>

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<p>I don't like "filler words" in general, mainly because I always end up using them without realizing it, and they can make even the most intelligent speaker sound immature and ill-prepared.</p>

<p>I think someone needs to invent shock collars for "like" users.</p>

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<p>Shock collars? We'd kill 85% of the adolescent population!</p>

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<p>I am like crazy hearing the word "like" in this thread.</p>

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<p>This is like the most pointless thread ever.</p>

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<p>But isn't life, like, inherently meaningless, man? I'm an existentialist in that regard, I guess.</p>

<p>I live in California. I lived for a period in Scotland a couple years ago, and became very aware of my usage of the word "like" there. I conciously tried to stop it, but it's very difficult.</p>

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<p>i tried going 10 minutes without saying like....i resigned 30 seconds later. </p>

<p>i don't use it in obvioius ways like "she really needs to like learn how to dress" but i do use it often as you can probably already tell just by reading this sentence.</p>

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<p>Society would spontaneously implode.</p>

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<p>It would be like, stupid.</p>

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<p>and that's a bad thing?</p>