"and I was like..." eh?

[Mark]

In that case I'd guess she's just omitted "possible" from ASAP. But fuck works quite well instead.

I think it's just implying a word for brevity. It's a comparison so the idea is to compare it to the pinnacle.

Fuck works in many cases.

As cold as (ice/fuck)
As hot as (hell/fuck)
As silly as (arseholes/fuck)

The great thing is you don't need to swear - you leave that to the listener. I hate when people write f*ck, f**k, etc. If you're going to swear then fucking swear - don't pull the punch. But this is kinda stealth swearing, and I like that. You get people to think the swearing for you (or not if they're not sweary folk). You're not pretending to swear - you're allowing them to.

On the other hand - maybe I'm wrong. Maybe "funny as" and "sweet as" shouldn't be followed by "fuck" - but that's how I read them.

[Cloudane]

Just to make it interesting, online a lot of boards filter out swears, so you have to say f**k (then do the whole "what? I was saying fork!" thing). More still have a filter evasion rule in place where saying f**k will earn you a ban for evading. So you have to just be polite and use "heck" or something

[Darkflame]

Some boards even censor "wtf"
Which I find particularly annoying as "wtf" can never directed at anyone negatively (no one says "wtf you!"), and serves a fairly unique expression.

[gumboot]

Guess its the teens just trying to carve a niche for themselves to make themselves different.... but this is how language "evolves" I guess.

I can't see "like" helping to carve a niche for anyone in this day and age.

Also prefer the term "Clusterfuck" to "Epic fail" too... Although the term "Epic Clusterfuck" is a great combo....

I decided to just turn my head and look away from the evolution of English (or whatever the kids are calling it these days) when I heard "epic moment" in an advert.

[Governmentyard]

What's with people ending an explanation or story with "...so, yeah." What does that mean?

Eddie Izzard popularised this about fifteen years ago. Should have died out by now but apparently the world is full of utter cunts.

[AlbertKatraz]

I quite like and have started to use (albeit, I kid myself, ironically) the lazy catch-all 'innit' for:

Wasn't I?
Didn't I?
Weren't They?
Didn't They?
Isn't it?
Wasn't it?
Didn't It?
etc.

How would someone with O'Level English Language describe that one?

When I hear a particularly genius example, I just want to do that snappy thing with my fingers and everything!

[RedOktober]

Welsh.

[AlbertKatraz]

no that's 'izzun tit'

[guythp]

I like to, when I remember, ironically use 'is it?' (but said 'izzit!') instead of innit. I also try to ask 'can I just aks?', and also 'Man, that's dope/wack', just to see if people remember the words. It helps if the phrases are said, not so much 'proper' English, but without a regional accent.

[ElfQrin]

A friend of mine just back from New York said there they use to start sentences with "sooo..." like to get your attention.

[ElfQrin]

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.

I think kids in the UK/USA overused "I mean" (which is the translation of "cioè"), back to then.