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zzyyxx's Words, by zzyyxx
Words often used by stupid people to cover for the inability to articulate a full idea, by betsyshane
ttobba's Words, by ttobba
joan9's Words, by joan9
just saying, by faraway
amox's list, by amox
now-positions, by fbharjo
Overused Words, by hunson
Love, by dolphindufas123
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to fall in like (for love):
"Before I discovered you could set up a "disk browser" in TextWrangler, I fell in like with TextMate. I seem to be in good company because I keep recognizing TextMate in screencasts." from http://blog.contenthere.net/2008/06/i-use-this.html
Thanks, uselessness. Just so. :-)
Oh, there's an obscure usage you missed: "I like ice cream."
It indicates favor. Mostly obsolete.
Shaggy: "Like, let's get outta here, Scoob!"
Valley Speak
As an adverb: I, like, died!
As a quotative: She was, like, no way!
Like can also be used to communicate a pantomime, or to paraphrase an explicitly unspoken idea or sentiment: I was like (speaker rolls eyes).
As a hedge: I have, like, no money.
As a discourse particle or interjection: I, like, don't know what to do.
It is also becoming more often used at the end of a sentence, as an alternative to you know: I didn't say, like, anything.