Words that Drive You Crazy

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   west40posted 15 years ago

   I'm curious to know what words, spoken or written, drive you crazy.  Keep it clean please.
   
   One of mine is "whatnot" - That word, if you can call it a word, makes my skin crawl.

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      marcel285posted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Lol I don't like 'whatnot' either. I hate the word, 'hence'.

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         EmpressFelicityposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         Don't have a problem with "hence" but I don't like it when people use tautologies such as "from whence he came", which literally translated means "from from where he came" because "whence" actually means "from where".

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         Richieb799posted 15 years agoin reply to this

         ok marcel, from henceforth I will not use the word hence

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      drej2522posted 15 years agoin reply to this

      how about word pronunciations? Ahhh! Now,  I realize there are multiple ways to say something (especially in the English language) but sometimes it just irks me!
      
      it's not E-conomics. It's ehh-conomics. Where the heck did the long e sound come from?
      
      or how about the word harassment? Now how in the world would anyone think it's harris-ment?

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      jgw899posted 15 years agoin reply to this

      When people mumble "wool" when they meant to say "well". When they say that I reply with, "Cotton?"

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      Hokeyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      God

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      Three-Legged Dogposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Moist.  It just gives me the heebie-jeebies.  Ick.
      
      I hate seeing "would of" or "could of" in writing, when it's supposed to be "would have" or "could have." 
      
      And StormRyder, I'm with you on the c u next Tuesday word.  Vile.

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   skyfireposted 15 years ago

   i hate "dear friends" .... reason is that i get more than 100 spam comments/replies starting with "dear friend or dear friends or peace be upon you etc etc".. Grr...

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   thooghunposted 15 years ago

   "I mean like, TOTALLY"
   
   "I was, like, jogging..."
   
   ugh.

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      west40posted 15 years agoin reply to this

      "totally" is right up there with "ummmm" when people are being interviewed!

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      west40posted 15 years agoin reply to this

      When I hear someone public speaker and they use the word "totally," I want to scream - how about "ummmm" - sometimes I try and count how many times a person uses ummm in a 30 second interview on the television.

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         Rayalternatelyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         er... ummmm

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   kirstenblogposted 15 years ago

   Dear Friends, OMG! I like totally have ummmm no probs with any words or whatnot, there like hella not important innit! Hence dis post

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      west40posted 15 years agoin reply to this

      hahahaha - that was great!

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         kirstenblogposted 15 years agoin reply to this

         My abilities to be comically annoying are phenomenal you know!

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            Rayalternatelyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

            and i was like so woteva, init!

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   west40posted 15 years ago

   Phenomenal is starting to bug me too – it is overused.

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   LaViejaposted 15 years ago

   I can't stand "you know?" at the end of everything. We went shopping, you know? and the lady there was so sweet, you know? NO I BLOODY DON'T KNOW!! Sorry - word rage there!!

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      nadiaazharposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      LOL.......yeah that sounds silly!!

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      TheGlassSpiderposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      LOL...I'm with you...and I love the phrase "WORD RAGE"!! I love it!

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   nadiaazharposted 15 years ago

   I hate the word 'pardon me' specially said by not so polite people:)

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   west40posted 15 years ago

   How about "and so on" - what is that about?

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      Rayalternatelyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      worse than that, are people that actually say etcetera!

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   DogSiDaedposted 15 years ago

   Serendipity.
   
   The reason being it was voted Britain's favourite word.
   
   Now I live in Britain, and I'm pretty sure 99% of the population have never heard of it.

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      Rayalternatelyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Lucky I came across this post, I only came here looking for peanuts, and now I've learned a new word.

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    ohoxposted 15 years ago

    maybe
    
    this word show uncertainty

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    trish1048posted 15 years ago

    No offense, but I am baffled by the use of 'eh' at the end of every sentence used by Canadians.  What the heck does it mean, if anything?  To me, it's like our use of 'ummm' interjected into our speech.

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       timorousposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I think it's a sort of insecurity, like we're not sure if the other person is really listening, so we have to make sure, periodically
       
       But seriously.  It's just a popular exaggeration, really.  No, all Canadians don't speak that way.  I find it more common from people in small towns than large cities.

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          JeanMeriamposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          It's more like checking if someone agrees with you I think or looking for agreement. That was a good game, eh?
          
          Every sentence? That would be funny. If it was true.

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    west40posted 15 years ago

    Also, "you guys" even when speaking to a mixed-gendered group of people

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       Rayalternatelyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       any use of the word, "guy" not relating to a persons name or a piece of camping equipment is fundamentally wrong.

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    Ohmaposted 15 years ago

    "I am sorry But...."
    when I here this I automatically gear up for an argument.

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    rebekahELLEposted 15 years ago

    'fer' instead of 'for'  I was lookin fer.
    
    'goin' instead of 'going' I'm goin to the store.
    
    when people drop the end of the word.
    
    hellooo?....... :

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    samboiamposted 15 years ago

    I hate it when some says etc. etc. etc.

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    Jane@CMposted 15 years ago

    Living with teenagers I hear new words daily that drive me crazy. Dude is a word that is starting to annoy me, The sarcastic "wow Mom" just pisses me off

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       alexandriaruthkposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       hehehe, agree

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       JeanMeriamposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       When my oldest said to her dad "Chill dude," that was classic. I thought my next oldest was going to be my new oldest. ;-)

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    Pani Midnyte Odinposted 15 years ago

    I hate how everything anyone does is going to be "epic" and then it completely sucks. "Epic" is a word that is overused a lot

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       west40posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I agree with that one - the new one now is "trending" - yuck

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    EmpressFelicityposted 15 years ago

    One expression that really bugs me is when someone says "That's a big ask" in response to a request of some kind.  Since when has "ask" been a noun?

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       Rayalternatelyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Since it was embraced by morons, apparently.

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    Richieb799posted 15 years ago

    the big emo craze where these kids discovered the latin word 'per ce' or 'persay' and keep using it in the wrong context, plus it just sounds annoying

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    Justine76posted 15 years ago

    any-whoo

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       EmpressFelicityposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Love your new avatar.  Grow it yourself?

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    west40posted 15 years ago

    how about "around five-ish"

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    tantrumposted 15 years ago

    I hate when someone says 'n'it ?' ,instead of 'isn't it ?'

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       west40posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I don't even know if i can spell this one "usetacould" or "ida" for I would have.

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          tantrumposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          
          
          As my Language is not English, I don't understand why people don't like the word 'Hence' or 'maybe'
          LOL

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    World Marketingposted 15 years ago

    you know what i am saying

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    Hauntyposted 15 years ago

    I don't know why some ppl get annoyed by such minutiae of life as words so easily. Btw, who hates minutiae? And btw? And who dislikes words that don't exist such as carriedawayness?

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    FranyaBlueposted 15 years ago

    People in Britain like to say 'excuse me' in the most annoying tones, usually used when approaching someone who just jumped the cue or something like that. But generally I hate the word 'Cluster' it just has a way of making me picture the most horrid things.

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    TheGlassSpiderposted 15 years ago

    I've also been hearing people say things like "OMG that's so EPIC." No, it wasn't, or else we'd still be watching it, or listening to it, or something. Or, "Oh man, that was so BEAST!" No, it wasn't, or we'd be dead.
    
    I cannot STAND the "Internet" language. My little brother writes things like "pwned" and then tries to actually say them. Grrr. What IS that!?? A typo that became okay!

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       Justine76posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       

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    Betty Reidposted 15 years ago

    I have a friend who says "anyrate", instead of "at any rate" or "anyway".  "Irregardless" always annoys me too, and "actually" if it's used too often.

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    Black Lillyposted 15 years ago

    Good old "cheers mate" sometimes drives me mad. Don't know why though...

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    marinealways24posted 15 years ago

    Absolute.

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    DaniellaWoodposted 15 years ago

    Any words from the sematic field of 'chav lingo'!
    e.g. "Well" and "Innit"...
    
    Chav: "It was WELL cool, innit!"
    Me in my poshest British accent: "I am awfully sorry but I am unable to understand you. Did you mean to say that you found the event most splendid?"

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       Iðunnposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I kind of like 'innit', but then I don't hear it much.  I saw it in some movie and tried it and I like the way it rolls off the tongue, but I never think to use it.

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    timorousposted 15 years ago

    I dislike 'biz-speak'.  Terms like "going forward", "at the end of the day", "growing your business" etc.
    
    Also (and I apologize to anyone who's lost loved ones due to some awful circumstance),  the use of the word 'closure'.  It was a term coined by the media, but seems to have caught on in spite of that fact.

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       Disturbiaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Speaking of biz-speak, we are doing a lot of  "reaching out" at my firm these days.   My assistant doesn't call someone for me anymore, she doesn't ask anyone either... instead she now reaches out to them.

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       Rayalternatelyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Close of Play is one of the worst of those, like we're all playing cricket or something, while we're supposed to be at work.

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    Justine76posted 15 years ago

    Im sorry

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    Lecieposted 15 years ago

    death, taxes- the two sure things are the ones i hate the most.

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    Merlin Fraserposted 15 years ago

    News reporters who use the word Decimate when they mean Devastate.
    
    Oh just in case you're wondering why it's wrong;
    
    To Decimate means literally to kill one out of every ten people in a group. Not the best word to use when a community has been Devastated by an earthquake, or other types of disaster.

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       Rayalternatelyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       That's my favourite post of the night so far.

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       Georzettaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Yes! You are so right. I hear it in the press all the time. These people don't own a dictionary?

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    Rod Marsdenposted 15 years ago

    "I know where you are coming from" when delivered by someone who has no idea can drive me crazy or better still from someone who has the completely wrong idea and are passionately your friend though they aren't really because you are not the person they imagine you to be. I also hate it when you have someone keen on defending your rights when they are not really your rights at all they want to defend.

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    Disturbiaposted 15 years ago

    My favorite is WHATEVER.  I'm thinking if my kid uses it one more time combined with the infamouse "eye roll"  I'm going to twist her head right off her neck.

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       Georzettaposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I teach at the middle school level. I know exactly what you mean. One more eye roll and my head will explode.

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    fastfretaposted 15 years ago

    I like this thread, because I am a new writer, and I'm finding some possibly annoying mistakes that I make in my writing. (I won't tell you what they are, )  So thank you all for your expressions.

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    timorousposted 15 years ago

    Here's one that really bugs me , although I don't hear it as much lately (fortunately).
    
    "...and again".  As in: "We can't rely on these media reports, and again, I don't think we need to worry about it".
    
    People tend to use this as filler when they can't think what to say next.  It curiously implies that they had mentioned it previously, which they did not, in most cases.
    
    It's as though 'and again' has become the new 'uh'.

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    blondepoetposted 15 years ago

    I hate being called a 'sheila'.
    
    

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       Rod Marsdenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Nice bit of art. Fun. You must be from Oz. I am too though I don't know what the problem is with sheila. I once knew a woman from India who seemed to object to sheila on cultural/ sexist grounds but she never really explained the problem.

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       Jewelsposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       I love that art, it's one of my favorites.

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    waynetposted 15 years ago

    Taxi...it drives me beyond crazy!

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    west40posted 15 years ago

    How about "it is what it is?"

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    Uninvited Writerposted 15 years ago

    It really bothers me when people say libery instead of library.

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       west40posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       similar to ambalance

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       timorousposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Or chimley instead of chimney.

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          H.C Porterposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          or President rather than Precedence

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    awareposted 15 years ago

    the word sorry . erks the crud out of me

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       blondepoetposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Wow Aware I wasn't aware of that.
       So say you step on someone's toe by mistake what do you say?
       "Bless You" or "Merry Xmas" LMAO.

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          awareposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          did i mean to step on the foot?  when the odd mis step occurs i usually introduce myself   and say nice to meet yah.

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    mega1posted 15 years ago

    lol - not a word, but inane and irritating!
    
    you know?  every fifth word  you know?   
    
    
    you know?

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       blondepoetposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Gulp....I am guilty of that one.

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          mega1posted 15 years agoin reply to this

          me too, you know?  but it still bothers me - and when I try not to sa it it gets worse, you know?

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             blondepoetposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             Oh darn right it gets worse you know. You know this is something I am trying not to say myself but you know it is not easy.

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       Rod Marsdenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       for me mega1 you know? is similar to like a....There are a lot of teens and twenties in the Y generation that whack in like a in every second sentence. When my nieces do it I call them the lika-lika girls.

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    calpol25posted 15 years ago

    I am guilty of that one too and saying another word which is cumbrian slang for embarrassment "its shanfull"

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       Rod Marsdenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Shane became a popular first or Christian name in Oz soon after the movie western came out. If a person whose name was Shane was shanful then they would be full of Shane which would make them complete.

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    JeanMeriamposted 15 years ago

    I didn't see this one, so I'll add it. It seems to be a big Saskatchewan thing to say "borrow me" as in "Can you borrow me a whatever?"

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    Lisa HWposted 15 years ago

    I like to read/hear/use traditional English but add in a few not-so-traditional words only here and there, to lighten things up.  As long as no, one, person over-uses anything I'm fine with most things...
    
    except, for "no brainer", which makes me want to kill whoever uses it!!     It seemed to reach it's over-use height and popularity in the eighties, with some people not knowing enough to let it die the death of any over-used, not-so-clever, phrase/word.  It needs to go away forever!!!!

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       Rayalternatelyposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Just chill and let's facilitate a paradigm shift in forward thinking, it's a no brainer!

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          JeanMeriamposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          Not until I manifest some abundance.

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    Rayalternatelyposted 15 years ago

    init and i was like oh my god!
    
    (overheard on any mobile phone conversation of a vacuous nature in London)

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    Jared in Vegasposted 15 years ago

    I hate when someone describes themself as "random." "I like music, going to the movies and I'm totally random." What does that mean?

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       calpol25posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Some one told me i was totally random, I hated it, i wanted to punch them because I felt insulted, but its supposed to be a compliment. feels more like an insult to me

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          Jared in Vegasposted 15 years agoin reply to this

          I know, it makes it seem as though you have no self control. If you would have punched them in the face it would be because you're so random and not because they're a stupid idiot.

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             figmentposted 15 years agoin reply to this

             I know... how "random" can a person be?

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    mega1posted 15 years ago

    like, totally!  its like, the worst, you know?  like so bad!  like there's no tomorrow! huh.  so, yeah.

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       calpol25posted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Its Like Totally Radical Guys.

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       Rod Marsdenposted 15 years agoin reply to this

       Like, totally is definitely lika-lika territory. The boys of the Y generation do it as much as the girls but nowadays I do laugh at my nieces when they go into lika-lika mode.

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