1a. Similar to.
1b. In the manner of.

2. Approximately.

3. Used with the verb "to be" in dialogue attribution (quotes).

4. Used to express:
(a) an unspoken thought or
(b) an emotional reaction, especially when
(c) exaggerating.

5. A filler word, interchangeable with "uh."
1a. My heart is like a singing bird.
1b. She sat like patience on a monument, / Smiling at grief.

2. There were, like, forty people in the theater.

3. He was, like, "Where are you going?"

4a. I was, like, What's wrong with you?
4b. I was, like, NO DAMMIT!!!
4c. I was, like, crying -- well, I mean, I wasn't crying, but I was so upset.

5. A covalent bond is, like, when the atoms share electrons, right?
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A phrase you type when you're typing textually with someone and they say something you'd usually like on facebook.
YOU: You fail.
FRIEND: So did your dad's condom.
YOU: lol! *like*
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Toby Felder likes absolutly everything on Facebook
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X - I just liked your status!
Y - Well I just liked a comment on your status!
Z - Well I just liked a fanpage about liking comments on status's!
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when you can't quite say you love, but more than like
I like+ you
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Every third word used in the LA and Orange County areas of Southern California.
Like what time is it? Like I have no clue.

Like then I was like this and then I was like that and then I was like why are you looking at me like that and then she was like...

Like, OMG what are you doing?

Like, wtf language is that that they speak. Like, can you like answer like that like question?
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1) A term used, usually by middle schoolers, to say 'have a crush on'
2) A word used to compare things
3) A word that some stupid teenage Valley girls must use every other word in every sentence
4) A word meaning 'said'
Sandra:I really like John, I want him to ask me out!
Katie: NO WAY! Gaby likes John too, and he likes her!
Sandra: What? I thought Gaby liked Mike!
Sandra: No, that was last month. She did until she found out that Mike liked Alyssa.

Life living with my stepmother is like hell. It sucks.

Stupid Slut 1: So, like, I was like, at the mall yesterday, and like, I saw this like, adorable shirt! And, like, ohmigawd, it was like on sale! I was all "YES!" and I went like, crazy! It was like, sooo cool!

Did you hear what happened? Mara cursed at the teacher today! She was yelling at Mara and Mara was like "Fuck off bitch" and the teacher seem really shocked, then she was like "WHAT?!? WHAT DID YOU SAY? GET DOWN TO THE PRINCIPALS OFFICE NOW!", yelling and shit.
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