when did the word "like" enter the lexicon for uses other than comparison?


i noticed a good deal of us do the.."i was like...and he was like" or even the "5 muthafuckin dollars a gallon?...like, seriously?"


can anyone pinpoint it?...is it even slang anymore? or has it evolved?




like really tho...



anyone?
[Edited 12/22/07 0:14am]

Oh I don't know. It is irritating though. There's a young chap who talks like that on the bus I get in the morning. I don't know if he just uses it for effect or what. I turn the volume up on my I-Pod when he gets on! he he! I think it makes the speaker sound thick.

I never really got into the habit of using it that way. I have done it, but it is very rare.

I talk like that, I mean like a LOT

Valley girl talk!

Like gag me with a spoon!!!!

like on my gwad

i trained myself not to do it years ago, if i get really excited it still slips through though.

"Shit's analogically-inclined like a fecking simile."

Ever notice that thick "British" accents from women tend to be so "FECKING" sexy? I love it! It's like, whenever they say the word, "FUCK!" it so sexier with the "E" that replaces the "U".

MoniGram said:

It's also very Canadian.

ZombieKitten said:

Me too

I LOVE USING LIKE

The hippies used it a lot, too.

I think it started with "Beverly Hills 90210"

Jochem said:

That's cute.

hipsters and beatniks 1920's




[Edited 12/22/07 15:06pm]

Detroit sluts are my favorite. Fuck 'em all.....