"and I was like..." eh?

techno12 · Post by **techno12** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:52 pm 0

On a train now and there's a group of 4 teens near me and literally every other sentence has the word 'like'. What does that mean? It makes no grammatical sense!

"he was like yeah. and I was like ok. I was like what does he mean? I was like a bit embarrassed and he was like do you like Chinese food and I was like..

"I was thinking like maybe if they like sell them for like a tenner then I'd be tempted. She was like..."

Etc. I almost blurted 'stop bloody saying Like ffs'!

Wish I had a quid for every like - kids today eh :-)

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 12:55 pm 0

Haha - you have turned a corner into the same grumpy old codger as the rest of us.

techno12 · Post by **techno12** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:00 pm 0

Lol I know - wrong side of 40 does that I guess

MattyP · Post by **MattyP** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:02 pm 0

Indeed!

Like the word "sick" that I keep hearing in sentences spoken by teens... Not actually sure why but it appears to mean "awesome". Prefer awesome myself.... here are a few others:-

http://thestir.cafemom.com/teen/152402/ ... s_use_what

Guess its the teens just trying to carve a niche for themselves to make themselves different.... but this is how language "evolves" I guess. Recently heard that the word "Shitstorm" had been officially entered into Germany's equivalent of the Oxford dictionary!

Also prefer the term "Clusterfuck" to "Epic fail" too...

Although the term "Epic Clusterfuck" is a great combo....

Any of you have any favourite slang words?

RedOktober · Post by **RedOktober** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:05 pm 0

I keep hearing people in tv and radio interviews starting every sentence with 'so...'

venusian · Post by **venusian** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:24 pm 0

I cow-orker in previous company +2 used to do that all the time and it's very infectious. I'm still having to remind myself not to do it. It's a more compact form of "Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin...".

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 1:38 pm 0

I think my favourite daft slang word was from a few years back, "rinsin'". I liked it so much I put it in Space Giraffe

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My kitchen was alive with the rinsin' sound yesterday, I was washing up

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Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 2:24 pm 0

MattyP wrote:Like the word "sick" that I keep hearing in sentences spoken by teens... Not actually sure why but it appears to mean "awesome".

Our graduate engineer keeps saying that when I show him some new gizmo or technique. I eventually worked out it meant "awesome"/"cool" and not "that's a load of shite".

gilesgoat · Post by **gilesgoat** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:04 pm 0

In US I had a friend that once managed to put a "You know ?" in EVERY sentence he was saying, I think I counted about 40 .. 50 "you know" in a single go.

In some TV interviews I've seen quite a few guys with "You know what I am sayin' ?" .. etc.

There's even "a sort of equivalent" in Italian, but it was kinda a thing I remember from the '80, some people putting "cioe'" inside every single sentence.

[edit] - forgot I had a co worker that at times was "terribly super abusing" the "virtually", he was putting "virtually" into every sentence as well, at the point he made me very
unsure about "what is the actual meaning of 'virtually' and when should it be used ?" .. and I am still not sure about it really.

rowan · Post by **rowan** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 4:25 pm 0

"At the end of the day..."

Nnnnnnghghgh stop beginning every sentence with that!

Governmentyard · Post by **Governmentyard** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 4:34 pm 0

"....and then 'ee turned around and was like..."

"...so she turned around and was all...."

Images of constantly rotating people who are akin to things fill my mind. It's overuse of the word 'do' that gets me. That and unfortunately. Air Stewardesses do this a lot.

"We do have a large range of perfumes for you to buy during the flight" - the do is entirely pointless here, and there's always an emphasis on it.

"Do try one of our three pound thimbles of warm Fosters from the trolley" - again, lose it and we're no worse off.

"Unfortunately we are unable to refund you the cost of your malfunctioning television because your warranty ran out yesterday". Yes mate, you really sound as if the bad fortune inherent in this situation is tearing you apart, you disingenuous fuck. The woman next to me at work constantly uses unfortunately and "all I can do is apologise" any time she's saying anything a person might not want to hear.

ElfQrin · Post by **ElfQrin** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 6:20 pm 0

rowan wrote:"At the end of the day..."

Kamineko · Post by **Kamineko** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:41 pm 0

I blame the teachers for trying to impress upon kids that similies are the best thing ever.

It's like that. And that's the way it is. Huh.

Whiteball · Post by **Whiteball** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 11:06 pm 0

I know people that put 'or something' on the end of every sentence.

It makes my blood boil

Trouble is, the more I try to forget/ignore it the more I hear it.

Edit: actually, they put 'or summit' which is even fricking worse.

phattslagg · Post by **phattslagg** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 12:03 am 0

"I'm not being funny, but..."

My sister-in-law says this before pretty much everything she ever says

I am biding my time for the right opportunity to say: "I'm not being funny, but you say 'I'm not being funny' way too often."

YakYak

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