Why do teens say "like" all of the time?

[Speedo959]

Originally posted by 86 911
Maybe he means "uhuh" which really means "yes"?

No, it seems to be a common thing among low life gang members that I run across.

[Schrup]

I have a daughter who is a 17 year old drama queen. She is always saying "Oh My God". Now my 2 year old son has picked it up & it doesn't sound so good coming from him all the time. I asked my daughter to refrain from using the phrase, but she can't seem to control the urge.

A little while back I was driving with my son in my truck when someone cut me off & I yelled "F*ckin Retard*. My son mimicked me for the next 45 minutes. I prayed he would forget it before his mom got home, thank God he did.

[M.D. Holloway]

My son has picked up the phrase "let me think about it..." almost anytime we ask him a question or want to have him do something.

I think he got that from me refering to his various requests.

[JavaBrewer]

Originally posted by Schrup
A little while back I was driving with my son in my truck when someone cut me off & I yelled "F*ckin Retard*. My son mimicked me for the next 45 minutes. I prayed he would forget it before his mom got home, thank God he did.

Hahaha - that is F@cking funny Paul. Nicely done My 8 year old son still struggles with verbal dialog (my daughter mastered it at 4) and uses "like" alot. Their favorite combo is "butt ugly".

[Jims5543]

18 Month old yells out "Dude!" a lot he got it from the 12 year old. I die laughing when he says it.


I get frustrated listening to Rap Stars. "Know what I'm sayin" at the end of every sentance and sometimes thrown in the middle for good measure. My Bro-in-law is a want to be Rapper and turns it on for local Radio interviews. It makes him sound like an idiot. But he thinks he sounds cool.

[singpilot]

Jim.

It's been my experience that ALL BROTHER in LAWS sound like....... an idiot.

[Hugh R]

While were like on the subject, what's with "No Problem" instead of "Your Welcome" or "Thank You". If like as if there could have been a problem.

[Moneyguy1]

The "no problem" seems to transcend language.

In Spanish: Say "Gracias" and the response is generally "por nada" (it is nothing)

[86 911]

Originally posted by Moneyguy1
The "no problem" seems to transcend language.

In Spanish: Say "Gracias" and the response is generally "por nada" (it is nothing)

Actually, I'm, pretty sure it's "de nada", but same point.

[TerryBPP]

I heard it was actually a form of a speech impediment. I saw a thing on TV that talked about rap lingo. Someone asked why rappers always say "know what I'm saying" after every sentence. The Speech pathologist said it gave them time to think about what they were going to say next. Its a way to make up for a slower thought process when articulating words.

I assume "like" is a version of that.

[djmcmath]

Good point, Terry. I often hear "f*ckin'" used as a pause in a sentence, too. For example, "So there I was, carryin' my uh, my f*ckin', cigarette, ya know? And this f*ckin' Bremelo is like, f*ckin', dude, what's up? And I'm all, f*ckin', you know, ..."

"Like" can fill the same kind of pause, creating a brief delay.

[Moneyguy1]

It is "por nada", at least here in Tucson (where spanish is a second language)

[M.D. Holloway]

The pause thing is plausable. I find myself actually pausing during conversations....to make a point....to keep attention........or just to gaze down some womens blouse........then wonder why my cheek hurts from her slap...............

[cstreit]

Originally posted by billyboy
Another highly irritating phrase that is tacked onto the end of many sentences is "ya know"...seems to be mainly the uneducated though,ya know.

I'm guilty of that sin billyboy. Drives my wife batty, I gotta work on that... Damn bad habits... They're, like, sooo annoying, you know?

[svonkampen]

BECAUSE we live in a virtual world ;-)

things are not real anymore , they are "like" something.

hehehe

[billyboy]

I'm guilty of that sin billyboy. Drives my wife batty, I gotta work on that... Damn bad habits... They're, like, sooo annoying, you know?

Sorry about that, Chris, I like, totaly meant no personal slight to anyone with that "uneducated "remark.By all the other things that I have seen you write, I doubt that you fall into that catagory anyhow. BTW, I don't consider formal schoolin' to be the only acceptable form of education, in fact more than a few idiots have many clusters of letters after their names!

[gassy]

Nothing better than the F word, if you ask me...Anypoodle--back on topic, my 7 and 9 year olds are "reminded" every time they use the word "like", unless it's in a fu@king simile. My 9 year old loves to finish a sentence with AH! Example: Dad, can we get a donutAH! Erik, you can't play with my guitarAH! It's so fu@king annoyingAH!

[artplumber]

Originally posted by dmoolenaar
Their favorite combo is "butt ugly".

=Bufugly!
Like totally dude! Sweet!
"Like" seems to be slang for those unable to make direct statements. Vs expletives which attempt to add emphasis, but due to repetition can lose value (That f** sounds f*** pompous etc).