{"id":154,"date":"2012-10-23T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/words-often-used-and-abused-like_23.html"},"modified":"2017-04-11T21:30:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T21:30:24","slug":"words-often-used-and-abused-like_23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nialangley.com\/blog\/words-often-used-and-abused-like_23\/","title":{"rendered":"Words Often Used and Abused: Like"},"content":{"rendered":"

So today, I’m like<\/i> gonna like<\/i> write about another word that’s like<\/i> used and like<\/i> abused.<\/p>\n

Was that like<\/i> painful to like<\/i> read? Yeah. It was bloody painful for me to write!<\/p>\n

If that was painful to read, why do we hear<\/b> “like” being overused all the time and pay no attention to it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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\nI cannot stand when the word “like” is used as a filler word, even if I’m the one to like<\/i> use it in that way. It’s worse than “umm.” It’s worse than “uhh.” It’s bloody terrible and annoying.<\/p>\n

I’m not exactly sure how this goes down in other countries, but young Americans are sounding like idiots.<\/p>\n

\n“And he was like<\/i>, ‘Seriously?,’ and I was like<\/i>, ‘Yeah,’ and he was like<\/i>, ‘No way,’ and I was like<\/i>, ‘It’s true!'”<\/div>\n
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STOP IT. STOP IT NOW.<\/b>
\n
<\/b>
\nThe sentence should at least have gone like this: “And he said, ‘Seriously?,’ and I said, ‘Yeah,’ and he said, ‘No way,’ and I said, ‘It’s true!'” <—That right there sounds a lot less stupid.<\/p>\n

\n“When we wore the same dress to the dance, she like <\/i>got mad.”<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n“I was practically like<\/i> starving because it was like<\/i> 3:00pm, and I hadn’t eaten since like<\/i> noon.”<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nI’ll let this foolishness slide if the culprits are middle schoolers. I might<\/b> even give those in high school a pass.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBut people have like<\/i> graduated and entered the semi-real world and real world of college and work, respectively.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n“I have to like<\/i> write this 10-paged paper about like <\/i>justified war and like<\/i> whether there is such a thing.”<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n“This college thing is like <\/i>hard!”<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n“I really think this proposal will like <\/i>get me in good with the boss.”<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n“This new product will like<\/i> advance our brand and productivity by like <\/i>74%”<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nNO.<\/b><\/div>\n
\n
<\/b><\/div>\n
\nThis is ridiculous.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIf we continue this foolery, presidential candidates in the year 2052 will say, “I want to be your President because I like<\/i> have a plan to like <\/i>better the economy, better our national security, and like <\/i>better our country.”<\/p>\n

That’s pretty much where we’re headed.<\/p>\n

Like<\/i> I know not everyone can like<\/i> speak like <\/i>perfect English like <\/i>all the time; but still…the overuse and abuse is not the way to go.<\/p>\n

This was very, very<\/b> difficult for me to write. Aha!<\/p>\n

See other abused words HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In light of this post, LIKE ME ON FACEBOOK HERE<\/span><\/a>!<\/b>
\n
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