Slang term typically used in urban ghettos and popularized on internet memes to mean : To act like, or to appear in a certain way, to say, or to offer up an excuse.
Girls be like, "I hate when guys stare at me at the gym."
Bitches be like, "You want my number? What kind of car you drive?"
Random TikToker: People be like-
Me: *whips ruler* HEY, WE SHOULD NEVER USE “BE LIKE” AFTER A NOUN. We should ALL use “are like” or “is like” instead.
The TikToker: *Goes silent*
TO BE SHAPELESS,FORMLESS,HAVING NO PARTICULARSTYLE.
A FAMOUS BRUCE LEE SAYING.
“You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.”
BE LIKE WATER.....
Brought to public attention by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the book on the fall of Richard Nixon, All The President’s Men, ratfucker was Nixon’s term for a political operative who sows chaos among opponents; an agent provocateur. It is thought to have originated among campus political rivalries at USC, and seems to have some usage in the US military.
Along with Nixon’s other ratfuckers, Roger Stone caused fights at otherwise peaceful Democratic Party protests to generate a false narrative that the Democrats were violent and dangerous.
Term used to describe someone who is a mix of both rural (country) and urban (metropolitan) lifestyles/upbringings. He/she is typically equally comfortable in both settings and is able to seamlessly slip back and forth between the two, appreciating the characteristics of each.
That ol' gal of mine drives the 12lane freeway during the week and a John Deere on the weekends. She likes opra and the Grand Ol' Opry. I love them countrypolitan women.