Jiri:>I recently heard 2 teenagers talking and it was just amazing how
extensively they used the word "like". There was hardly a sentence without it in about 6 minute conversation.
A similar, fascinating use - also normally by young people - is "sort of" stuck in over and over. Actually, they're both v. precise uses of language - & arguably provide a window into the brain's operations. They show the brain comparing the particular instance referred to - "He like killed me, man" - to a general category.
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