![]() ![]() * Like as a time buyer, used when the speaker is thinking on the fly: “I don’t have my, like, homework because, like, my bichon frise, like, ate it.” * Like signaling an exaggeration: “She has, like, a million shoes.” * Like as a substitute for said, introducing a verbal quote: “She’s like, ‘I want a refund.’ ” * Like as a paraphrase, a verbal indirect quote: “She said she wants to, like, paint pretty murals on freeway overpasses.” * Like as a hedge, an approximation invoked when someone is unsure: “I’ll finish writing my article by, like, 10.” No other word in the English language does so many things.” “There are many ways to use like, but the meaning is basically the same: I’m going to say something, but don’t hold me to it,” Siegel said. “Like” is a discourse particle, a term linguists use to describe words that fill in a sentence, such as “well,” “uh” and “oh.” She published a study on the word last summer in the Journal of Semantics. Siegel, an English professor who teaches linguistics at Temple University in Philadelphia. “It’s a strong, powerful little word,” said Muffy E.A. Winfrey and other “like” lovers have nothing to be ashamed of, according to linguists who study Valley vernacular, also called mallspeak. And she had on jeans, and she was blond, and somebody else, and I was like, ‘Which one is she?’ ” “Because she was like, you were like another girl. And I’m like, ‘Well, which one is she? Which one is she?’ OK.,” Winfrey said during a show last February. In fact, the word has become an object of popular and academic interest.Įven Oprah Winfrey sounded like a Valley girl one day on her afternoon talk show. Others have found “like” a hard habit to break, too. It’s like Valley Girls put the Valley on the map.” “It took one of my nieces 12 ‘likes’ to get to the point,” Conley said, as she drove her Saturn past the Northridge Mall, where she and her friend, Heidi Jorgenson, used to walk, talk and shop. She gently scolds her nieces for using “like” too much. She left a successful career in pharmaceutical sales to become a married stay-at-home mom on a leafy street in Pasadena. She is an articulate 36-year-old with shiny, straight hair. Today, Conley has outgrown her teenage mannerisms. She listened to the Stray Cats, and giggled lines such as: “Grody to the max, to the big max, to the quarter-pounder.” ![]() Like other Valley Girls, Christina Conley wore her hair permed and teased and her sweaters off the shoulder. Improbably, those lyrics helped identify and extend the Valley’s international image.įrom Tarrytown, N.Y., to Tokyo, teenagers sought to become Vals, middle- to upper-class suburban girls who stretched their vowels, ended sentences in high pitches and made up words such as tripendicular (as in, “Like, check out that tooe-taa-leee tri-pen-dic-u-lar dude at the Hot Dog on a Stick.”). Like all the stuff like sticks to the plates,Īnd it’s like, it’s like somebody else’s food, y’know Musicians Frank and Moon Unit Zappa catapulted Vals to fame in their 1982 hit song “Valley Girl.” In it, Moon Unit, Frank’s teenage daughter, imitated classmates talking about shopping at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, visiting the orthodontist, cutting toenails and being forced to do the dishes: “But the Valley Girl vocabulary is part of our culture. "State of the Sub" posts & discussions Flairsīecause all the posts are tagged with flairs, you can easily find content you're interested in.“People say we have no culture here,” he said. Note: Reporting is never harmful, it merely flags the item for review by a moderator. This way we can keep the subreddit friendly and fun to visit for everybody. ![]() We look after each other by utilizing the report button for any post and/or comment that might be in violation of our rules or our spoiler policy. Interact with the moderators in good faith. Repetitive submissions and reposts will be removed and directed to more appropriate threads. ![]() !Matt is the DM!< to hide it, resulting in Keep that in mind when making submissions to the community. We are not an advertising, general DND or DND homebrew, or a low effort/meme board. We are a fan-run, discussion-based subreddit about Critical Role. Read all the rules before submitting or commenting. Start here! Frequently Asked Questions Rules ![]()
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