English language question. Can you help me?

Question

I came across the following expression on 'yahoo answers'. I don't know how to use or how it is used in slang English. Can you explain this to me with examples?

He was like _______ and I was
like _______ People are always using 'like'
before saying what they said or
how they felt.

Answer 1

Most of the time "was like" is used instead of "said" eg.

"He said hello, and I said hello."

"He was like hello, and I'm was like hello"



Although I seem to use it way too much when I'm talking, but when I'm texting I hardly ever do it. It usually annoys people, teenagers don't seem to mind, and are often made fun of for it.

Answer 2

Excellent! It's high-quality to look that anybody appreciates the language. These days it's all too natural to come across misspelling, 'textual content-talk' and deficient grammar. Yesterday on Breakfast TV a woman from the English Grammar society (or a few such) was once espousing the dumbing down of our spelling on account that with all of the misspelling, men and women are surely discovering the language intricate!

Answer 3

This could be a reasonable figure of speech, a simile. "He was like the rain and I was like the wind. Together we were wet and wild."

I agree with you, however. Far too many English-speakers, particularly in the United States, use "like" as a filler word. I have NO idea why. (For example, Like I was going to like answer this, like all sarcastically and everything, but then, like I had a change of like heart and like decided not to like do it.)

Answer 4

Urban dictionary:



The word "like", and "kinna" kinda", are used in slang to EMPHASIZE behavior, emotion, opinion, etc.

"kinna","kinda"= kind of

I was "like" tired. (slang)

I was "like, you know" tired. (slang)

I was "kinna,kinda" tired. (slang)

I was tired. (correct grammar)



He was "like" very funny. (slang)

He was very funny. (correct grammar)



I was "liked" tired. (slang)

I was tired. (correct grammar)



It's like saying, " I love burgers". That's an exaggeration, it should say, " I like burgers"