Like, Enough Already

For the past few months I've really been fixated on the overuse of the word "like" in casual conversation.  Like, when people use the word "like" when speaking of some episode or example or statement they made.  It's, like, beginning to drill into my brain like a laser, and I can't, like, turn it off.

OK, you get the idea.

I read this article today on MSNBC about iPhone apps.  They interviewed several people, one of whom offered this nugget:

“She’s got an app that estimates the size of something based on a credit card,” he says. (It’s called “No Ruler.”) “She’s like, ‘This is so cool, it’s like eight credit cards long.’ I’m like, why don’t you just get a tape measure and measure it? It’s this fascination with the technology without thinking, ‘Is this really helping me?’ ”

Seriously?  He was like "why don't you just get a tape measure," or did he actually say it?  Maddening!

I'll admit, it's a hard habit to break.  I catch myself doing it throughout the day, despite my best efforts.  I can also be somewhat annoying when I point it out to others who commit the foul, so I'm trying to go easy.  Make no mistake, though, I intend to stamp the wayward "like" right out of my vocabulary.

Who's, like, with me?

Comments

[Trey Atkins]

Like, I am with you!

[Elliot]

I'm like totally with you, too.

[Ana]

That is not acceptable that people use that word so much like that.

[Lorraine & Elwood]

Like I am really glad someone is looking after this.

[KR]

I like the like, like a lot.