Another friend came by on his way to work to share some excited news and dropped it twice in his upening couple seconds. When called on replied "Dude I'm going to work!"

After downing his triple shot he exclaimed, "Dude that's fucked up."

He had to call in sick.

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crackersncheeseman@reddit

In Gen X and I literally use the word "literally" all the time.

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Suit-Local@reddit

For a while after Bill and Ted came out, EXCELLENT

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stilloldbull2@reddit

“Indeed”. My kid started saying it at a young age and one teacher said to him, “Don’t get smart with me!” Come Parent/ Teacher conferences I said “Indeed” as much as I possibly could…

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timwtingle@reddit

We totally did man. It was farout and groovy at the same time.

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PurpleRollerSkates@reddit

“Like” also younger Gen X also used “literally” a lot

We also heard, “ you know what I mean?” Often

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Minzplaying@reddit

I still have a button pin that says this from the early 80's.

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theclubchef@reddit

" like". like, what's wrong with you? I was like.... she was so...like..

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Dramatic_Net1706@reddit

I cannot stand when someone use 'like' 34 times in a sentence with 36 words. Drives.Me.Insane

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Stare-Least@reddit

“Based off of” kills me. It’s “based on”!

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salty207@reddit

It’s either “like” or giving confusing answers to yes/no questions with “no yeah no” or “yeah no yeah.”

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TJ_Fox@reddit

The word "totally", followed by "unique", which means (literally!) one of a kind and singular, not "unusual".

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RetroBerner@reddit

People were saying the same thing in the 90s, nothing new here, literally

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WinnerAwkward480@reddit

Even back in the 70's for like 96% of these expressions.

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ukelele_pancakes@reddit

Yes like. We were the first generation to make it such an integral part of speaking, and now it’s used by everyone. I wish it wasn’t so overused but it is useful sometimes.

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TXGrrl@reddit

Actually, we stole it from the beatniks. "Like, wow man!"

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Immediate_Many_2898@reddit

I still catch myself saying it when I really want to swear at someone and I can’t.

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Adorable-Puppers@reddit

Totally. Dude. Won’t be quitting either.

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GelatinousGoober@reddit

People used to complain about the overuse of “literally” back then too

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Wayward-IDjIT2777@reddit

Duh, dude, like totally. I know, right. Whatever, homes.

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arabic_lawrence@reddit

In 80s the word “awesome” was run into ground

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jen_esse@reddit

I'm like, gonna have to like, totally like your like.

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goldendolphin111@reddit

I “dude” my dudes and sometimes my gals on the regular. Never goes outta style.

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wannabuyawhat@reddit

In advertising it was extreme. Remember when everything was extreme?

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Dogzillas_Mom@reddit

Like, I can’t really, like, remember.

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JustChemist8556@reddit

I instantly came here to say this because I still say it, but not so excessive as some people.

I remember girls using the term. Example: I like to go to the mall but you know, like there’s all these like old people that get in the way, like, it’s supposed to be for us to like walk around like you know?

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Dogzillas_Mom@reddit

Like I still overuse it.

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JustChemist8556@reddit

Like I get it lol

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Dogzillas_Mom@reddit

Like totally

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New_Part91@reddit

Literally. And why are so many people mispronouncing imporTant and saying “imporDant”? Drives me cuckoo.

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Ageofaquarius68@reddit

It's the fad - don't pronounce the "t" in the middle of the word. Makes me want to punch someone.

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CknHwk@reddit

It drives me especially insane when I hear it from broadcasters/news anchors.

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Sasquatchmas@reddit

OMG, I don't know why but they must STOP THAT!

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Sinja_Minx@reddit

No different than "like". It is expressive and catchy. GenX had their words as well.

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CornTreeRoad@reddit

Whatever.

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cl0ckw0rkman@reddit

Like totally dude. We were in the like haunted like house, bruh and these dudes like came out of like nowhere dude.

Totally wigged out bruh. It was Totally like epic.

We like bailed and Totally had to ditch em. But like we made it bruh, so don't worry dude we all good, bruh.

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jfrankparnell85@reddit

gif

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cl0ckw0rkman@reddit

Air guitar intensifies!

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Danameren@reddit

Like

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Asmartassgirl@reddit

I totally nominate "totally"

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thekennytheykilled@reddit

Im pretty sure we literally overused "literally"

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light-bulb-22@reddit

I am literally sure. It was awesome

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paypermon@reddit

Thats BAD dude. with bad meaning good of course

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Sparkling_Donuthole@reddit

It was literally. Gen X said and says literally all the time. This is your boomer side speaking

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Astrohumper@reddit

No gen used literally incorrectly the way kids do now. Maybe a few idiots who didn’t know any better, but not everyone.

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rowsie1111@reddit

I think it’s “whatever” I used to say in response to nearly everything.

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SFLurkyWanderer@reddit

Really

Pronounced rilly

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Lilythecat555@reddit

Or riiilleeey!

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SFLurkyWanderer@reddit

I mean, really!

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I-eat-late@reddit

Totally.

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auntieup@reddit

I will totally never stop saying it

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pumkinut@reddit

Totally

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pdx-peter@reddit

For sure.

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IcedBlueberryLemon@reddit

Yes, TOTALLY. I'm 60 and still totally use it.

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Coop_4149@reddit

This is the answer.

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Astrohumper@reddit

I see a lot of overused words here, but I’m still not seeing a word that was used wrong the way literally is today.

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S99B88@reddit

I’m totally stumped.

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These-Educator-1959@reddit

“He goes” “and then she goes” and “then I go” whenever one of us Gen-Xers breathlessly retold conversations.

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Main_Tension_9305@reddit

Then I was like, and they were like.

Like, you know.

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DorktorJones@reddit

Then he was all, and I was like...

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Plug_5@reddit

I still do this sometimes when I want to annoy my kids.

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ksewell68@reddit

My dad would always say. Where did he go?

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randallwade@reddit

The dictionary definition of literally has literally changed changed

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TopFuel9-8@reddit

Totally

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Ok_Sprinkles_8777@reddit

Totally agree

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stableos@reddit

For Sure

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Invania21@reddit

I would nominate “basically.” Everyone said it, but most people used it as a filler word.

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stofiski-san@reddit

Eh, whatever

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Ieatpurplepickles@reddit

With the loud exhale and the eye roll!

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Crixxa@reddit

This is the one that cheesed off the older generations

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OldWolfNewTricks@reddit

We had, like, a lot of words that were totally overused. But I can't think of one that was both overused and wrong, the way literally is today.

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AMTL327@reddit

Like, there’s totally no way that “literally” is totally overused today any more than, like, every stupid slang words we used.

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hornfan817@reddit

Same as how the word “iconic” no longer means iconic.

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izzy_loves_river@reddit

Totally

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atomickristin@reddit

literally

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DavidSPumpkinsJr@reddit

Right?!? That one bothers me

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bbonerz@reddit

"Right?!?" is the one that really bothers me. Worse yet is, "I KNOW, RIGHT?!?"

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ChgoChris@reddit

Basically

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chitoatx@reddit

“So”

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PinkyLeopard2922@reddit

I cannot and will not stop myself. Even when writing and typing. Whenever I am telling a story to one of my friends, it always starts with, "So how about....."

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HornetParticular6625@reddit

I still have a tendency to start with, "So..."

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Deadeye_Dunce@reddit

So, I didn't realize this was not how most people talk until right now.

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HornetParticular6625@reddit

I mostly do it when I write

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SebrinePastePlaydoh@reddit

Like, totally, awesome DUDE.

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EndElectoralCollege3@reddit

For sure

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Interesting_Gear8512@reddit

And?

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got1911s@reddit

Duh.

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FangioDuReverdy1@reddit

No duh😉

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jonpaladin@reddit

what do you mean? Gen x invented the literally thing

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Bodine12@reddit

We did not! It's been used in the metaphorical sense for hundreds of years. People need to stop complaining about this perfectly acceptable use of the word.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/language/words/famous-writers-used-literally-figuratively

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bloggerly@reddit

Exactly! People aren’t using “literally” to mean “figuratively.” They’re just using the word “literally” figuratively. I feel like people who get hung up on this just like being pedantic but aren’t as smart as they think they are.

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fshannon3@reddit

I was gonna say...wasn't that our fault?

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Longjumping-Soil-644@reddit

Literally

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bravenewwhorl@reddit

Totally

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irishmama86@reddit

Awesome and totally

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IamTheMan85@reddit

Awesome

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OldGoneMild89@reddit

Awesome. I still say it a lot, and too much. To the point where I'll think afterwards, was that truly "awesome"? No. No it wasn't. But I continue 😐

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malpasplace@reddit

Yeah, sometimes awesome isn't quite, but for when something is then I can call it "totally awesome!"

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RantingLunaticBabsy@reddit

I say awesome entirely too much, too! Awesome.

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South_Friendship2863@reddit

I do too and I feel like it highlights my Gen X ness

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Salty-Gas-1172@reddit

Totally

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SDChargerFan@reddit

Totally this!

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Old_fart5070@reddit

Totally, like, dude!

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Ok_Two_2604@reddit

In my area: dude

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SlaveToShopping@reddit

I fear dude has been almost replace by bruh. Almost.

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Deadeye_Dunce@reddit

That's a shame. I can never adopt bruh into my lexicon. Forever dude.

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CommunicationHappy20@reddit

Like and dude. For real and seriously.

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WhisperedSoul@reddit

And I also still overuse dude. And to think I’m a relatively articulate individual to boot…

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fuzznudkins@reddit

Dude, I'm like right there with you. I use it excessively but, whatever...

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Winter-Fondant7875@reddit

Dude has the flexibility of "fuck" - the inflection and tone are key

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WhisperedSoul@reddit

Duuuuuuuuuude.

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CommunicationHappy20@reddit

100%. Did and fuck can be nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, all the things. And, research says that integrated use of profanity is a sign of intelligence, so…

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sevenselevens@reddit

“Like”

We were the first gen to pepper “like” through our speech. It drove my parents absolutely crazy.

Ex:

“How did you do on that test?”

“I dunno it was like, pretty hard.”

“Was it LIKE pretty hard or was it ACTUALLY pretty hard?”

😂 So yeah, that was literally our literally!

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radioactivecat@reddit

It drove them crazy but then it infected them too.

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sevenselevens@reddit

It infected … everyone!

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oneshoesally@reddit

Dammit, I still say all of these!!

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Sasquatchmas@reddit

In Seattle it was "sike". Only a few years ago did I realize it is actually "psych" !

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Deadeye_Dunce@reddit

It was "sike" here in Pittsburgh too

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ShouldersBBoulders@reddit

gif

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BooterTooterBravo@reddit

Duuuuuude

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ShouldersBBoulders@reddit

SWEET!

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Icy-Dependent6908@reddit

Dude

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babeepunk@reddit

Whatever

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Icy-Dependent6908@reddit

I cannot upvote this enough

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leveller1650@reddit

Like, or ya know

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CCC_OOO@reddit

Like really

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spargel_gesicht@reddit

Tubular. I was rarely anywhere near a wave.

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OldGoneMild89@reddit

I'm in Western PA, not a single person here ever used that, understandably.

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spargel_gesicht@reddit

Ah, a yinzer!

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AprilMay53@reddit

TIL the meaning of tubular. I just thought it was California surfer/ valley girl slang for awesome!

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spargel_gesicht@reddit

Haha I had no idea what it meant until YEARS later! If I’d ever met someone from CA or HI in sure they would have called me a total poser. 😂

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Coyote_Hemi_B58@reddit

Totally

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LylaDee@reddit

Totally

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MyLeftT1t@reddit

This.

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Meetzorp@reddit

Totally, like, for sure

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Salt-Ostrich9731@reddit

Cool

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blondvet@reddit

Awesome.

I still say it. And mean it.

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Sea_Measurement_1654@reddit

I grew up in the 70s and here the words were:

Classic!

Cool!

Amazing!

Groovy!

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av8rBoz@reddit

These are my go-to's.. I'm likely classic...

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Sea_Measurement_1654@reddit

Cool man!

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icecreamnow58@reddit

Come on man.

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Not_High_Maintenance@reddit

That’s what she said!

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WabiSabi0912@reddit

Like

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racht70@reddit

My area ‘innit’ lol

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SlaveToShopping@reddit

No doubt!

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Wiggly_Charlie@reddit

I'm tired of literally, but I'm more annoyed by the over use of obsessed. "I'm literally obsessed with..." my daughter is "obsessed" with so many freaking things and it make me crazy.

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mneptok@reddit

Relevant?

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Thoughtfulbuckeye@reddit

I’m on the younger side of genX. Everything good was “sweet.” My dad told me later he wondered if I was influenced by gays 🤣

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SlaveToShopping@reddit

Everything is sweet! I still say ‘sweet’ and ‘rad’ all the time.

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Cat727@reddit

Like and whatever

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Mascaraholic@reddit

“It’s like, whatever… whatever whatever” was an actual sentence that conveyed meaning between me and my roommate freshman year of college (1990-91)

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Velvet_Cyberpunk@reddit

Awesome

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bmsa131@reddit

Totally

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Angelas-Merkin@reddit

Pretty sure literally started with Gen X. The word like being used every third word is definitely a product of Gen X.

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nizzerp@reddit

yep - from valley girls.

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Angelas-Merkin@reddit

The English language has never seen a worse style of speaking and yes, I am including these skibbidy toilet 67 kids.

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helgathehorr@reddit

Basically

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Winter-Fondant7875@reddit

Totally

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PleasedPeas@reddit

That’s funny because I am a Gen X and I have been saying literally since I was in high school. It’s not just the younger generation.

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Certain_Luck_8266@reddit

Word

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ImpossibleDonut007@reddit

Word to ya motha

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doobette@reddit

Totally

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stonermomak@reddit

Fine.

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SunriseSwede@reddit

We totally did, man.

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BEAGLEBOYPALINDROME@reddit

Seriously

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melanybee@reddit

No, wait, seriously

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Tackybabe@reddit

“Like” / “I was like…”

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Itchy_Undertow-1@reddit

One time I got in a “Like” loop describing a boy “And then he goes like this he goes he goes like… like he goes like this he goes”

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SenecaLux@reddit

I’m still trying to drop “like” from my lexicon

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Magerimoje@reddit

I have that up when I hit 50. I do usually remove it from my typed conversations, but I say it all the time.

Also, having grown up inNew England, wicked is ingrained into my vocabulary. I moved to the Midwest 10 years ago, and people here, even genX age folks, don't use or understand "wicked" but I still use it because IDGAF and at 50 I decided to drop 95% of my language filters.

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Inevitable-Local7847@reddit

Me too. Once I started to pay more attention to it I noticed that so many people say it.

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DisneyDragonfly17@reddit

Like I totally said the same thing! Lol

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Saint909@reddit (OP)

Yes! I totally forgot about that.

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arothmanmusic@reddit

I forget about it until I spend a few minutes talking to my sister-in-law. Lol

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International_Act_26@reddit

Duh

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taylorto2000@reddit

Whatever

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Basic_Scale_5882@reddit

As if

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OlderAndTired@reddit

Like, totally

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lrbikeworks@reddit

There it is.

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Twistedanddemented73@reddit

Like, no.. like, totally not!

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WhereItsAt75@reddit

Whatever....loser. 😉

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Shortyl@reddit

Man my stepdad would get so mad! I still use it at almost 46.

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TheWholeMoon@reddit

Like totally awesome, dude.

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psiprez@reddit

"Legit" or "straight up"

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TJH99x@reddit

Awesome

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NicolleL@reddit

Or if you lived in MA, wicked awesome 😎

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SadRepublic3392@reddit

Or wicked cool

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AprilMay53@reddit

Pretty much wicked everything

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dominodog@reddit

I could care less.

No, you couldn’t care less.

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Quix66@reddit

Mine was literally, haha!

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WhisperedSoul@reddit

I still overuse literally, so… yeah. 🤣

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Macropixi@reddit

I used to do a whole blonde valley girl thing as a teen as a joke (east coast girl)

“Like, I don’t eat meat, ‘cause I’m totally like, a veterinarian?”

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GoldSupermarket2520@reddit

Moon Za

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Alienalt478@reddit

Whatever

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DaddieTang@reddit

Bitchin

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WindmillFu@reddit

I used to say 'bitchin' so often that it stopped registering in my brain as a semi-swear word. Got me in trouble at work once, oops.

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TheMomentOfInertia@reddit

Decent To the max Rad Duh Psych

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DieHardAmerican95@reddit

Dude, like all of our slang was so, like, awesome! Like, these kids today have no idea how, like, badass we were!

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RutabegaHasenpfeffer@reddit

Radical! Awesome!

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shinglehouse@reddit

Dude! Totally!

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annbdavisasalice@reddit

Legit - that’s us right?

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Correct-Condition-99@reddit

Like,.. they was this word that came out of the valley, like with the valley girls...

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Wolffmans_Howlings@reddit

We liked to say "like." You know what I mean, "dude?"

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Mostly_Nohohon@reddit

I'd say it was "like". I can remember my mom telling me and my cousin to stop saying like in every sentence.

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Mogster2K@reddit

That and uptalking. Ending every sentence with the pitch going up? Like you're asking a question? But you're not? You're saying a sentence?

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IllustratorEast5939@reddit

That’s more of a millennial thing here in California. As a fellow GenXr (born 74) I’ve never heard other GenX’rs here in LA throughout the 70s-90s use that. Was that in other States?

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Lilythecat555@reddit

"Like" was all over TV and supposedly was a Valley Girl California thing. I was born in 75.

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IllustratorEast5939@reddit

I was referring to the response above me that pointed out “uptalking” and making a regular sentence or statement sound like a question which my millennial siblings and their friends would do. I always found it annoying myself. But I’m very familiar with “Like”. Very familiar with Dweezil and Moon Zappa’s Valley Girl song.

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IllustratorEast5939@reddit

They were bringing up the topic of “uptalking” as if asking a question but not really. The I to nation at the end of the sentence is like a question which is something my millennial sibling did often. But as a GenXr who grew up in LA, I’m very familiar with “Like” as I caught myself using that a lot in the early 80s.

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Mogster2K@reddit

Yeah, from what I heard the Valley Girl accent didn't exist until the movie. Life imitating art.

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Mogster2K@reddit

It was, but, like, maybe not very common?

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Mostly_Nohohon@reddit

😂 actually my cousin did that too. I don't think I ever did that tho. I think everything sounding like a question bothered mom more than the "like". But maybe it was the combo.

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SnooOnions973@reddit

I had to tell a younger employee that “like” is not a complete sentence, and to remove it from her vocabulary for a day and see how it felt. She reported me to HR.

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IndependentMethod312@reddit

Literally was our literally. Where do you think these kids got it from 🤣

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TGRIV0457@reddit

When did “yeah, no” and “no, yeah” become a thing?

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KP-RNMSN@reddit

We say that all the time in the Midwest, because we hate to say no to anyone. It’s in our culture, so we dampen it with a “yeah”

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fireflypoet@reddit

Vicar of Dibley.

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SheToldMe@reddit

After Office Space

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introvertednurse75@reddit

I still say yeah, no.

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TinaLoco@reddit

We completely ruined the word Awesome

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fireflypoet@reddit

Awesomesauce

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HopefulTrick3846@reddit

I still do

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Glad_Pass_4075@reddit

Totally

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Creative_Class_1441@reddit

Like, whatever man.

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CondeBK@reddit

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breddy@reddit

“Totally” was it for my area and age group

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Lumpy_Ad_1581@reddit

Duh. No duh.

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Macropixi@reddit

It’s ,like, totally a bummer when people misuse words.

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3-orange-whips@reddit

It’s basically.

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SkinTeeth4800@reddit

It seemed to me that a 1980s teen would move on from "like" as a filler to "basically" as a "sophisticated-sounding" fluff word in his early twenties.

At his summer internship at the Goldmom-Slacks Tower, where he feels obligated to wear a wide paisley tie and suspenders just like the CEO, he prefaces every sentence with "Basically..."

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Possible_Shoulder_50@reddit

For sure

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13maven@reddit

Like. Like like like like like

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Illustrious_Big_6357@reddit

I second this. For me, it's definitely dude.

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Sbbbbb@reddit

Whatever or whatev.

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LeFreeke@reddit

Like

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This-Professional-39@reddit

This. I had teachers that HATED how we used "like". It became a pause filler. It doesn't sound too bad saying it, but listening to a room of students give oral presentations must have been maddening

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slowtreme@reddit

TBF I still use Like too much. I catch and correct myself saying it mid sentence, but it still happens sometimes.

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This-Professional-39@reddit

Same! It's a hard habit to break.

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unclejoe1917@reddit

Fer sure

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Purple_Current1089@reddit

Really, really

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Momtoatoddler@reddit

Like, dude

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VoodooChump@reddit

Ironic

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ColdHandGee@reddit

Innit.

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Legitimate_Egg_2073@reddit

For Real

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Accomplished-Egg-419@reddit

For Reals

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Motor_Struggle_3605@reddit

Totally

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FoxSquirrel69@reddit

Dude!

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Rsoller@reddit

Sweet!

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Steerider@reddit

Yes: "literally"

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Luckypag@reddit

Duh!

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Smorsdoeuvres@reddit

Like

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tkingsbu@reddit

Totally.

Cool

Excellent

Dude

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Curiousferrets@reddit

Cool

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Remarkable-Finish-88@reddit

Dude

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No_Appointment3914@reddit

Duuuuude

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samemamabear@reddit

Dude?

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SweatyPalmsSunday@reddit

…dude

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Clam_Banana@reddit

Definitely Like

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spacetstacy@reddit

Like...no.

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MarcTraveller@reddit

like…

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RRtexian@reddit

I know,,,,,RIIIIIIIGHT?

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Snoo_11563@reddit

Totally

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jwlkr732@reddit

Me: “Hey!” Adult: “Hay is for horses!”

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UnableMycologist2240@reddit

The correct answer to anything said in the 80s is whatever with an eye roll.

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Wolfangel71@reddit

Mine was "like".

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PeyroniesCat@reddit

Word.

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SuperTomServo@reddit

Agree with “totally.” It figuratively made our parents’ heads explode.

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mrsdigi@reddit

Like, oh my god, gag me

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ellcoolj@reddit

Dude. You really asking this…

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aways_interupting_@reddit

Dude for real

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elammcknight@reddit

For sure

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Lawnlady1980@reddit

Like.

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Moonsmom181@reddit

Fer sure

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Legitimate_Top_1425@reddit

"Already"

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Turtle_Elliott@reddit

Radical

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Sufficient_Stop8381@reddit

Like, totally dude!

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Jaybee021967@reddit

Extra

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Mnstrpcthtr@reddit

No Guff

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sfdsquid@reddit

I was thinking you meant the fact that it's used wrong, and the first word that came to mind was "heinous." For some reason kids in the late 80s/early 90s used that to mean the opposite of what it actually means.

But given what you are asking, I'll have to go with "awesome," no contest.

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Whynot151@reddit

Ahem, I still use "Awesome", like a lot.

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Uptight_AI@reddit

Like totally awesome dude.

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correct_eye_is@reddit

My mother would always question me with "like it was totally awesome or it really was totally awesome?"

Gotta say it worked, I stopped saying "like it was..." because I got tired of hearing it. I'm in my 50's now and use it on my kids if I catch them saying it. They give me the same eye roll too!

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julespm1@reddit

Rude

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BatPlus3909@reddit

Totally

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7eregrine@reddit

No

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thatsmypurseidku@reddit

It totally was.

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7eregrine@reddit

Totally does not mean literally. Totally is what our parents used for "right on".
Totally is "I agree" "correct" "100%"... Not literally.

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thatsmypurseidku@reddit

The question asks what word was overused like "literally" it's not asking for a word that means the same thing as literally.

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7eregrine@reddit

🤦‍♂️ I'm an idiot.

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thatsmypurseidku@reddit

Totally! (Just kidding.) 😀

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BatPlus3909@reddit

Totally was dude

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John_Barnes@reddit

For boomers it was “really” and “actually”.

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Tikiphile@reddit

Also, virtually

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Curious_Field7953@reddit

I literally used literally all the literally time, what are you literally talking about?

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Few_Policy5764@reddit

My kids use literally in confirmation that its exactly true what was said. I think our equivalent is for sure or yeah totally

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Ok_Attention_34@reddit

I’m pretty sure we are the ones who transformed “shit” and “fuck” from I-need-to-clutch-my-pearls- curse words into basic everyday vocabulary😏

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CtrlAltComment@reddit

F@ckin' A

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nizzerp@reddit

do the youngs not use "like"?

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3-orange-whips@reddit

Everyone uses like.

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LisaMiaSisu@reddit

For sure or fer sure.

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amachan43@reddit

⬆️

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Admirable_Tear_1438@reddit

Like, ya’ know…

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Alarmed-Range-3314@reddit

It has to be totally.

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sagefrogphotography@reddit

Whatever

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Relative-Accountant2@reddit

Corporate speak: "going forward." "Does that make sense?" Yes. I speak English. Fuck you, does that make sense?

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Yesno-Yeahnaw@reddit

At one of the corporate shit holes I worked at I heard “on a going forward basis” at least 50 times in every meeting I attended. It drove me crazy!!!

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Relative-Accountant2@reddit

WTF does that even mean??? Lol.

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notaboomer22@reddit

Well let me reach out and circle back on it 🤮

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chuckmilam@reddit

“Going forward” never bothered me much because it made sense. Haha. “Does that make sense” always struck me as a sign of insecurity, at least from the people I heard it from. It seemed like they were saying, “I know I just explained this whole situation, but now I’m doubting myself, so I’m going to ask this follow-up question and potentially invalidate everything I just told you.”

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Lickford@reddit

When talking to dumb people or young people I use “typically” a lot. Typically I begin every conversation or email with it. /s

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blulouwoohoo@reddit

Cool

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rosmaniac@reddit

Did our generation have a word or phase that was completely overused?

Totally.

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Huckleberry-hound50@reddit

Totally!

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CDubs_94@reddit

Extreme

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flopshooter@reddit

bogus

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yarnhooksbooks@reddit

Bad. Wicked. Gnarly. Cool. Tubular……just a few words we used “incorrectly” in everyday language back then.

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ArmadilloKey5854@reddit

Tubular is always incorrect if not applied to Mike Oldfield #tubularbells

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AuntJibbie@reddit

The word "Like"

It's still way overused. Like, some will, like, use it, like, 5 times in a, like, sentence.... Like, yeah.

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cwcharlton@reddit

My son just graduated from high and this is how he talks... I worry that, like, he got it from me.

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mistegirl@reddit

I still have to refrain from doing that

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notaboomer22@reddit

Totally. Like, TOTALLY.

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dantasticdanimal@reddit

That exact phrase (in my voice sadly) was the first thought in my GenX brain. It sounded cringe even in my memory.

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phlpw@reddit

I know right? Totally

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BeenThruIt@reddit

Bad

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Blue_Henri@reddit

Anyways

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MotherOf4Jedi1Sith@reddit

Dude, I totally still use all 3 on the daily! Anyways...

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bigsky59722@reddit

Dude....🤷‍♂️

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Blue_Henri@reddit

My dad asked me one time how many ways I could use it in a sentence. It took a week but I convinced him. We still say it to each other.

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bigsky59722@reddit

Dewd🫡

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Blue_Henri@reddit

I went to see a football game last year with my college classmates. I was shocked how much I was using it. They weren’t. 😝

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MotherOf4Jedi1Sith@reddit

Sell-outs 🤣

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Lower-Land-286@reddit

Radical

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RoyalPuzzleheaded259@reddit

Like. When we were teens we said “like” 15 times in each sentence. I’m sure it drove the adults crazy.

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Agreeable-Outcome-14@reddit

I remember a time before like. It hasn't gone away. Fkn annoying, learn how to get your words together a bit before wagging your tongue

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chemicallunchbox@reddit

Name like totally doesn't check out.

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Agreeable-Outcome-14@reddit

hehh why you little 😄

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MaeWest3303@reddit

I blame Valley Girls for this!🤣🤣

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bchnyc@reddit

like, totally

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damndatassdoh@reddit

Wasn’t that Millennials?

I can’t think of an actual verbal crutch that’s analogous.. There were catchphrases and the like, but that’s different..

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Horror_Ad3292@reddit

Sike!

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pdx-peter@reddit

I always assumed it was spelled psych, no?

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Horror_Ad3292@reddit

It’s the slang spelling, since we’re talking about our generation’s slang.

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pdperson@reddit

In this usage, it was spelled as sike so much that it’s valid now. Same as what happened with literally. Because language is cool and evolves.

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Horror_Ad3292@reddit

Nah, I’m still fighting the good fight with “literally”.

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sfdsquid@reddit

I spelled it like that but we must be nerds.

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W0nderingMe@reddit

Yes

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-xStellarx@reddit

No

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ArlingtonHeights@reddit

Want a lick?

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KitCat5000@reddit

Like..duh!! 🙄

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friendofcrows11@reddit

Totally

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Massive_Honeydew7056@reddit

Whatever.

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BuffaloFingers@reddit

Had to scroll too far to find this

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truckthunders@reddit

Like fer sure

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Elchimpy1@reddit

Like

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Ike_In_Rochester@reddit

Western New York here. We definitely used “literally” a lot. I remember some circles I was in playing with the term around 1990 where we would obnoxiously correct schoolmates and each other with “figuratively”. That lead to us substitute “figuratively” for “literally”, which never ever went anywhere. We were always trying to make “fetch” happen and we were never “streets ahead”.

The same group of guys, almost a decade later, abandoned “literally” entirely when Austin Powers was released and they fully embraced “honestly” as in “Honestly, who throws a shoe?”.

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Wrong_Profession_512@reddit

Random

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Relative-Accountant2@reddit

"Baby mama" and "baby daddy" makes me want to hurl. "Kiddo" is so cringe.

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Mindless-Editor-4809@reddit

Kiddo, doggo, hubs, hubby, littles

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Outrageous-Swimmer65@reddit

Like

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mam88k@reddit

Yup. I remember the stupid clap back too.

What time are we meeting Me: "I dunno, like 5" Is it actually 5 or just LIKE 5?

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Secular-Flesh@reddit

Major. “Like, it was so major”

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Hedonistic_Yinzer@reddit

Saying " literally " and " actually "are simple ways millennials and gen z differentiate between the virtual world and the real world. They have to remind themselves which is which.

"Baby girl" and "girlfriend" (as in you go girlfriend) are two terms beat to death by white Gen x women. The rest of the world stopped using these terms in 1998. Stop it you sound like a moron.

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chemicallunchbox@reddit

Baby girl. Im the man from the big VA...

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Good_Grief_CB@reddit

I’ve like literally never said either of those words and for real no one I know ever has either. But I did have to sit through a few years of “Girl Boss” and “Boss Babe” that were totally cringe.

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Nicky2Nuts@reddit

I remember my parents making fun of my sister and I for overusing “like”. It didn’t stop me that and “fuck” are probably my most used words at 47 years old.

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Outrageous-Swimmer65@reddit

I said ‘like’ too!! 🤘 and I love the versatility of fuck!! 48 years on the planet and it’s still my favorite!! 🤣

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CalabriaCal@reddit

Totally

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AbjectBeat837@reddit

It’s this

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mookypop@reddit

I feel like I used that word a lot so not sure, it might be our word, no?

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Lcky22@reddit

Like

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Magnum-3000@reddit

The kids today say like every other words.

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BizzyQueenBee@reddit

For real

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HelpfulRN@reddit

Bad. As in, good.

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mootmutemoat@reddit

Anyone remember "phat?" Had it on a shirt and tried to explain it to my kid. Got the long stare.

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Ike_In_Rochester@reddit

Oh snap!

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butterflygardyn@reddit

Like, I can't believe you like didn't like already know this. Like totally unbelievable !

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Zestyclose-Smell-788@reddit

Totally.

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Over-Cranberry-4637@reddit

Word

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chemicallunchbox@reddit

I have started using it again. Word.

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DJBudGreen@reddit

Here in New England the king of them all is wicked. Ageless. My great grandfather all the way down to me today still use the word as the same intensifier.

Now have a wicked pissah of a day, bub.

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philemonslady@reddit

Like, seriously, dude.

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DJBudGreen@reddit

Like totally serious dude

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Jazzlike-Paper9297@reddit

Millennials think everything is Amazing

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Jackstraw1@reddit

And "insane".

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DJBudGreen@reddit

Bogus

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titsmgee1977@reddit

Dude. Duuuude.

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desert-luv@reddit

Literally literally.

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LordFluffyPotato@reddit

They miss used literally so much the dictionaries added a second definition to mean figuratively. Literally.

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Smart-Event1456@reddit

Ours was “ironic” and widely misused

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Quirky_Hold_2786@reddit

Duh!

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user0987234@reddit

Take off ya hoser

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Good_Grief_CB@reddit

To the great white north

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Good_Grief_CB@reddit

Like this is so random it literally made me gag.

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Foreign_Waltz129@reddit

Like totally. Fur SHUR.

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Auslander808@reddit

Cooked. And now I can't tell if it's being used all over the place again by humans or it got fed into the LLM's food source.

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Kindly-Might-1879@reddit

“Totally” and “like”

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Acceptable_Dust7149@reddit

For sure.

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creaturegang@reddit

I learned to avoid these words by going to Toast Masters.

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MollyDog2638@reddit

"like"

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prison_workout_wino@reddit

I’m so guilty of this.

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MollyDog2638@reddit

Like, same.

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Kal-Roy@reddit

I’m the end of gen X and I think “like” was right after me.

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user0987234@reddit

Like I totally don’t think so dude.

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Kal-Roy@reddit

Dude, are you ripping me?

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SirYanksaLot69@reddit

The amount of people that cannot answer a simple question without using “Like” multiple times is beyond annoying.

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youcancallmebief@reddit

Random

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av8rBoz@reddit

"Right?" Drives me freaking nuts, right? I mean, right, every sentence appears to need confirmation, right,?

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Zestyclose-Smell-788@reddit

I know, right?

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Dear-Bet5344@reddit

Totally

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kstweetersgirl2013@reddit

Actually or totally.

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SbMSU@reddit

Totally

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Easy_Commission7455@reddit

Probably dude

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MixCalm3565@reddit

Totally

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StreetFriendship1200@reddit

Like

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jecapobianco@reddit

Beat and Mint come to mind

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truce_m3@reddit

Dude

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Ivotedforher@reddit

Dude.

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truce_m3@reddit

Dude?

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fire_works10@reddit

gif

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jaxjags2100@reddit

gif

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saltyoperasinger@reddit

No guff

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fire_works10@reddit

Wow. That was something I'd forgotten about!

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Kittinf@reddit

Like was so valley. Like oh my god make me sell Buicks

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I-used2B-a-Valkyrie@reddit

“Like totally” but I lived in Cali for a few years as a preteen. For example, nowadays my kid would tell me she is “literally dying” when something is too cute or so funny. Back then I would have said “I am like totally dying” at something really cute or funny.

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prison_workout_wino@reddit

Great answer.

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firetomherman@reddit

I say dude still a million times a day but it beats hearing but bro are you serious bro, bro no way bro unbelievable bro 😂

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Brilliant-Lecture320@reddit

Calling girls bro is weird and annoying

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2furrycatz@reddit

What about calling women dude?

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spunquee@reddit

Dude is genderless.

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Brilliant-Lecture320@reddit

That too

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2furrycatz@reddit

Everyone and everything is dude

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Plastic-Ad-5171@reddit

We had entire “Dude” conversations!

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Mehitablebaker@reddit

We had a horse named “The Dude”

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AdEastern9303@reddit

Gag me with a spoon.

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Honeybee71@reddit

Awesome

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DLT419@reddit

I think I still overuse that word. 😅

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Life_Temperature2506@reddit

To be honest.....

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No-Travel-8949@reddit

Totally

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TrashiDawa@reddit

Dude…

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brockclan216@reddit

I still say this. Woman, man, cat, dog...it doesn't matter. You are dude.

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2furrycatz@reddit

This! I work in elementary and middle schools and once called a 7-year-old dude

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Entire-Tomato768@reddit

Im sorry... I wasn't listening.

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No-Sheepherder448@reddit

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WileyCoyote7@reddit

Besides “totally,” I think “legit” was thrown around? “I legit thought I was gonna die,” as an example.

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2furrycatz@reddit

I still say legit. My millennial co-worker says genuine to mean the same thing

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Glittering_Proposal2@reddit

Totally or big time

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Significant-Theme253@reddit

Like

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Ok_Performer4223@reddit

I came here to say “like”! And “whatEVER”! And “hella” but that might have been more of a regional GenX thing.

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2furrycatz@reddit

I think "hella" is from N California. I still say it

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Chad_Hooper@reddit

Yeah, it’s like you could describe stuff as being “like” something else, and we would, like always, add an extra like or two to every sentence.

I kinda like talking like that again now. Like, if you know what I mean?

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Five_String_Serenade@reddit

Doesn’t qualify but I thought about “Cool beans” just the other day.

There’s also “Right on” used as an acknowledgement rather than an exclamation.

We used “Gag” (no spoon, just gag) a lot ~age 14.

“Rag!” (for reactions to bogus happenings or situations). “Boo!” for same.

“Fresh” was used quite a bit in high school.

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Thatsoundsnuts@reddit

I still use cool beans. 😬😂

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HowDidFoodGetInHere@reddit

Samesies!

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foxyfree@reddit

I still use “right on”

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bovisrex@reddit

"Like" as a synonym for "said." Example: "He's like, 'I'm totally grossed out, man.'"

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2furrycatz@reddit

I still say this

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Jealous_Crazy9143@reddit

Like synonym cookies? The ones Grammar used to make?

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socgrandinq@reddit

Like. Totally. Gnarly. Dude.

And they work together as a sentence!

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vinegar@reddit

Totally

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Engchik79@reddit

I say like, like a lot. Been saying it since I was 12.

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ObiWanKnieval@reddit

In my community it was "Nah, for real, tho."

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Embarrassed-Cause250@reddit

I would say ours was “TOTALLY”

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NearlyBird809@reddit

Yes! That was totally me

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Embarrassed-Cause250@reddit

Totally and to the max! So awesome!! ❤️

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Stillmaineiac88@reddit

Like dude, rad!

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Br00klynBelle@reddit

LIKE

I went to the party last night, and like, I saw Billy there. And he like, looked so fine! And then like, he came over to me and like, told me I looked pretty tonight, and would I want to you know, like dance with him, and like, I almost died! It was like, the best night!

Literally!

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Larry_McDorchester@reddit

Thank you. I, like, came for this (and awesome).

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Stefanz454@reddit

“Like”. Like , gnarly dude, Like, what’s up, He was like….

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ok-uh-huh-yeah-sure@reddit

Rad Awesome

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CorrectCondition9458@reddit

Like

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Vlines1390@reddit

I still use this way too much

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CheesyRomantic@reddit

Me too.

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Mootlydoots@reddit

Remember gnarly and chill pill?

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Legovida8@reddit

Like, literally, mom - you totally need to take a chill pill. Like, duh 🙄

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MaeONays@reddit

Cool, sick, totally, like, awesome. And literally all of them not used in the traditional literal sense. The figurative definition of literal is now in dictionaries. It’s been documented as used in that way for 250 years. If Dickens and Twain can do it so can we.

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Finalpretensefell@reddit

Awesome

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madlibs13@reddit

Wicked

Chill

Bad

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foxyfree@reddit

“Intense” was heavily overused at one point in my friend group for a while, but I don’t know how widespread that was.

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VarietyMage@reddit

"Like".

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Any_Nectarine_7806@reddit

Um/like.

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digdugnate@reddit

Like, for sure

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CajunPlunderer@reddit

We 'totallly' had words that were overused.

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Maleficent_Vanilla94@reddit

Loser

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Civil_Inspector_5697@reddit

Like, literally speaking as if everything was a question?

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dreaminginteal@reddit

Like, I’m not sure. It could be, like, anything! Like, you know?

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Apprehensive_Judge_5@reddit

Totally

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Starkville@reddit

TOTALLY.

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Five_String_Serenade@reddit

Stoked

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cathleen0205@reddit

Wicked.

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Visual-Pineapple5636@reddit

Hella

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critterLadee@reddit

Like

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JumpinJackCilitBang@reddit

Cool

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RDeckNexus6@reddit

Cool Beans….

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Fit-Yogurtcloset3023@reddit

Beans cool

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RDeckNexus6@reddit

Completely different connotation….sadly to frequent 😂😂😂😂

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ExcellentCup6793@reddit

Psyche!

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bavindicator@reddit

Way!

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Mybeautifulballoon@reddit

No shit Shetlock.

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Gatoslocosaz@reddit

"like" as an interjection or a weird sort-of main verb in a verb phrase

As in, "Their clothes are, like, so beautiful!"

Or "She was like, 'Whatever," so I was like, 'Totally!'"

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Difficult_Ad_2881@reddit

Litra-Ly is worse

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Five_String_Serenade@reddit

gif

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Mumchkin@reddit

"Sike"?

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Appropriate-Host214@reddit

Flashback! 🤣

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glassytoad88@reddit

It was definitely whatever. We put that on everything and said it with enough eye rolls to supply the entire world.

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Thatsoundsnuts@reddit

I had a history teacher who would say “it’s not like, it is” every time someone said it. That lives rent free in my head and I still say it sometimes! And give him credit. 😆

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jmakioka@reddit

Like. Valley girls and valley girl wannabe’s used the crap out of “like”.

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melty75@reddit

Totally

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posaune123@reddit

All the genx words make me smile from nostalgia, and "literally" just pisses me off

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Total_Diet_5274@reddit

Totally

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jackssweetheart@reddit

Way.

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pippi_longstocking09@reddit

No way!

Way.

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W0gg0@reddit

gif

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wade1975@reddit

Moist

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Blue_Henri@reddit

Ew.

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Summerie@reddit

Asshole 😂

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rendar1853@reddit

Like

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Blue_Henri@reddit

Winner!

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W0gg0@reddit

Wicked

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jessxfrenzy@reddit

We definitely ran "whatever" into the ground until it lost all meaning.

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Active_Unit_9498@reddit

Dude

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Pedadinga@reddit

Dude is the West coast "aloha"

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Lilythecat555@reddit

How ? Dude means a guy or rarely a woman. Isn't aloha a hello or good bye?

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MB2katz@reddit

It's all in how one says it. Dude could also mean "like, seriously?", "Cool", "Watch out!" and many other things, based on inflection and context. It's quite the versatile word.

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Lilythecat555@reddit

Yeah, that's true now that I think about it. I haven't said it much in years.

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Pedadinga@reddit

This dude gets it.

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therealmrbuzzy@reddit

For real

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keeperofthegrail@reddit

Rad

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WendingWillow@reddit

Get out!

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dogzeimers@reddit

Excellent

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michaeljvaughn@reddit

Awesome

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CrazyMinute69@reddit

Talk to the hand

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andstefanie@reddit

like you know, whatever

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jpetersell@reddit

Probably. But eventually the Webster’s Dictionary changed the meaning of literally and figuratively so that they mean the same thing. It’s a long scene to type out, but here is Jane Fonda, as Leona Lansing, in The Newsroom about the meaning of literally and figuratively. Literally

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Lilythecat555@reddit

What?

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petebmc@reddit

Word

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No-Session6131@reddit

Dude

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Littleleicesterfoxy@reddit

Whatever

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the-cookie-momster@reddit

um

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sucky_panther@reddit

Like, I’m not sure what our literally like was.

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Lilythecat555@reddit

It was, like totally, totally!

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GeneralPITA@reddit

about

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Ok-Limit-9726@reddit

Like dad, your literally so old

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CreatrixAnima@reddit

My dad would always interrupt me to tell me that I use the word “window” would make just as much sense as using the word “like.”

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OkCalligrapher2453@reddit

Totally

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Itchy-Grapefruit2756@reddit

Totally

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omfgwhatever@reddit

Not really a word, but UM.

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Ok-Till-5285@reddit

Have a director at work thatvI swear, if "um" was a drinking game I would be drunk by the end of her meeting!!

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Pedadinga@reddit

I used to work with a guy, who said "um" so many times, we started a tally. Had no idea that was a thing until someone pointed it out.

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syzygialchaos@reddit

My debate teacher had us tally Ums during each other’s speeches. Really helps curtail the habit when you’re trained to notice it so much

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-R-o-y-@reddit

You know

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Great-Tical-Returns@reddit

As David Cross said, "'Literally' is the only words that when you use it wrong it wrong, you literally mean the opposite"

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gomper@reddit

That bit was from 20+ years ago and it's only gotten worse

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TheAlligator0228@reddit

Like

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txn_gay@reddit

Totally.

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Open_Bumblebee_3033@reddit

Mint

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HortenseDaigle@reddit

Like, totally.

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theantnest@reddit

Like

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digitalmofo@reddit

Truly.
For reals.
Really do.
Srsly.

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Chanbara99@reddit

Yeah, as if

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RealityDependency@reddit

Seriously

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Few_Ad3187@reddit

Our “literally” was “TOTALLY”

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drumgod1969@reddit

Yeah we definitely overused TOTALLY

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Taco_El_Paco@reddit

Yah, totally!

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RealityDependency@reddit

Whatever

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rundabrun@reddit

I thought our literally WAS literally.

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wandernwade@reddit

Yep. I still use it. 😂

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HorridosTorpedo@reddit

I dunno if its genx, but saying "officially" when its anything but. Usually when you mean "finally".

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The_Strongest_Boy@reddit

“Like”

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Special_Ordinary8243@reddit

Whatever

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ArtSlug@reddit

Fer Sure

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Rhusty_Dodes@reddit

gif

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FyreSign@reddit

Yes! Thank you

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dirtydaddytx@reddit

Whatever

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euphorbia9@reddit

Whatevs

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Primary_Fold5410@reddit

Saweet!

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Ihaveaboot@reddit

"Countless" to describe something that can easily be counted.

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LougieHowser@reddit

Totally

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calcato@reddit

Pronounced as Moon Unit Zappa did in 'Valley Girl.'

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RetroLenzil@reddit

I don't recall 'like' or 'literally' being something we said. Always associated that with the millenials. But then I'm not American, nor did I grow up in America so maybe that's why. What I recall using a lot was 'totally', 'rad' and 'dude'. And maybe also 'gnarly'.

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PGHNeil@reddit

“Actually“ or “totally”. Literally doesn’t actually mean what they think it does. It means “as it was written” - literally.

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sidheunseelie@reddit

Like, bogus.

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NotEd3k@reddit

Excellent.

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sirli00@reddit

Like, like, literally. Totally or dude.

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Careful-Use-4913@reddit

All of these.

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Key-Contest-2879@reddit

Dude, you totally nailed it. Literally.

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NotEd3k@reddit

Totally.

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Fit-Distribution2303@reddit

Totally

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housevil@reddit

All encompassingly. ~Mitch Hedberg

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KSmashwill@reddit

Like.

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Open_Confidence_9349@reddit

Like

Back when I was in middle school, I remember my English teacher having someone redo his paper. He wrote like he spoke, every other word was like, literally.

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redbanner1@reddit

Totally or Whatever.

Psych!!

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Extrasauce5000@reddit

Awesome

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mndza@reddit

I use awesome multiple times a day. Texts, emails, talking

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isUKexactlyTsameasUS@reddit

bro (eww)

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everettsuperstar@reddit

Totally

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qwibbian@reddit

"I care".

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KieranJalucian@reddit

i’m pretty sure this use of the word is not new

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Particular-Village91@reddit

David Cross had a whole bit about this that dates back to 2001 or 2002. Our literally was literally.

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JTEL918@reddit

For reals.

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flyingmando@reddit

David Cross has a good "literally" bit. NSFW, but nails it

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ambientdiscord@reddit

Literally.

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Apart-Cream-4940@reddit

I remember using serious a lot.

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Akira75@reddit

Totally dude may be the phrase

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AlarmingMonk1619@reddit

What. Ever.

Which is now whatevs.

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new2bay@reddit

gif

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Blankbetty11@reddit

Totally. We totally did.

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Jim_E_Rose@reddit

For sure for sure

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moreoftenthansum@reddit

Like. Like totally. Like totally awesome. Like totally awesome Dude.

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MedPhys90@reddit

No. It’s GenX

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NotaMillenialatAll@reddit

As if!

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No-Property1871@reddit

Duuuuuude.

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yayayagilliganhell@reddit

Dude,dude oh Duuude

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viewering@reddit

literally

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Cautious_Rain2129@reddit

Remember the.... NOT!!!! Thing?

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TobylovesPam@reddit

Psych/ Sike!!!

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Grafakos@reddit

Borat did it the best, by far.

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CerberusInExile@reddit

Like, totally Dude.

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blin9@reddit

Like duh.

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pippi_longstocking09@reddit

I almost forgot duh! I used to say that a lot when I was a little kid (in the 70s).

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Minute-Frame-8060@reddit

Totally, awesome, like, dude. But seriously, like, totally.

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Retinoid634@reddit

Like

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applyheat@reddit

Like, I don’t remember having said it. Like, you know.

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pippi_longstocking09@reddit

like

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rink_raptor@reddit

Its TOTALLY.

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DiamondHandsDarrell@reddit

For sure!

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NotAnotherThing@reddit

Dude, awesome, totally, rad

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Pdxfunxxtime51m@reddit

Word

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No-Big-2512@reddit

I know! Right?

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strumthebuilding@reddit

Dude, dude.

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ExpatriateAnthem@reddit

Valley girl lyrics, basically. Okay, fine, fer sure fer sure.

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petty_much_ok@reddit

I know huh.

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SnooBooks007@reddit

Awesome

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scarlettohara1936@reddit

We totally don't have one because our parents weren't subject to it through the written word. They could literally just yeet the channel and they wouldn't hear it anymore.

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davster99@reddit

Totally?

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mustang-and-a-truck@reddit

Dude!

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la_winky@reddit

I’m totally guilty of still over-using this.

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FirebirdRed5@reddit

Sweet! What does mine say?

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Abstrata@reddit

“Not” and “Sike!”

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Rivetingly@reddit

*Psych!

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Abstrata@reddit

*I know, and knew, how to spell “psych”. But kids my age wrote “sike!” Which added to the annoyance.

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Abstrata@reddit

“Not” and “Sike!”

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Next_Ad_4165@reddit

Word!

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Pretty-Biscotti-5256@reddit

totally

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stavrosisfatandgay@reddit

As if

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ImpossibleMove2@reddit

Whatever.

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ElleGeeAitch@reddit

Totally

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Murashi@reddit

In my circle of friends, it was “oh, really?” In the most mocking tone possible.

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RussellAlden@reddit

whatever

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ThisMomIsAMother@reddit

Awesome

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Jack_Scrambles@reddit

Like, if you have to, like, ask that question, were you, like, even there?

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ApprehensiveCut9809@reddit

Speech class in college the fall of 1982. We had to count how many times someone used the word "like" in their speeches.

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theantidrug@reddit

Totally was totally literally. Literally totally. You know what I mean.

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tgrantt@reddit

Seriously?

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seaburno@reddit

Whatever

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Adorable-Tiger6390@reddit

Rad

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sometimelater0212@reddit

I’m 52 and have been using “literally” since high school in the same slang way kids use it today. It’s not new. It’s literally our word 😉

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Friendly-Cucumber226@reddit

My 7 y.o. daughter uses “literally” way too much. I keep inserting “figuratively” into conversation way to often so she both understands the difference and realizes how annoying it is.

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Capital-Report@reddit

Totally

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kanakamaoli@reddit

Like Totally!

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No_Economics8397@reddit

Like Oh My God... Fer sure.. No yeah.. Yeah no

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Temporary-Library597@reddit

Totally. That was our "literally." It literally was.

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Sad-Second-9646@reddit

Thank you!!!

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TJCharter@reddit

Dude

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DulinELA@reddit

I explained to my students last week that I’m a product of my generation so I naturally “dude” instead of “bro” and they nodded and understood. Winning!

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DruidWytch13@reddit

Like OhMyGod! Moon Unit Zappa- Valley Girl

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MaryAnnZhlotnik@reddit

Like gag me with a spoon

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properwaffles@reddit

Bad as all

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wesweb@reddit

oh for real

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stever1171@reddit

Those guys are...

gif

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MaryAnnZhlotnik@reddit

Me and Mick are gonna wing on over to London and jam with the Stones

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Hardjaw@reddit

Your mom

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thebiglerm@reddit

Or thats what she said

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keirmeister@reddit

“Totally” or “Like, totally”.

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bylebog@reddit

Bad.

But it's good though, right?

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Supacalafragalistic@reddit

Like totally

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rhionaeschna@reddit

"Like...."

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B-Cup_Sydney_Sweeney@reddit

YEAHDOYYYY!!!

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Substantial_Layer_79@reddit

Word!

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GenRN817@reddit

Like I’m so fer sure.

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RuggedLandscaper@reddit

R u for real?

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Rivetingly@reddit

I'm 100.

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AdGold205@reddit

Dude

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ilovedickwolf@reddit

My mom used to get so mad when I’d say “no way”.

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Spare-Good-5372@reddit

No way!

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MannyMoSTL@reddit

Way!

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Practical-Arugula-80@reddit

Like, totally. 🤙

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Metal_Muse@reddit

Totally, dude

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writergal75@reddit

I think we all said literally too.

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airforceteacher@reddit

gif

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Beyond_the_Matrix@reddit

I literally don't think so. 😄

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Bratbabylestrange@reddit

TOTALLY!

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Solid5of10@reddit

Like every other word like

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airforceteacher@reddit

I, like, used “like” in a Reddit post about the 70’s, like, 3 hours ago.

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Gurnae@reddit

This, we can use it to our advatage. Let them fafo, they'll never know what we mean.

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diente_de_leon@reddit

Like!

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trosea@reddit

Sike

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lefindecheri@reddit

Psyche

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yinzerbhoy@reddit

Psych

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RuggedLandscaper@reddit

More like Syyyyyykkkkeeeee

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electronraven@reddit

If you're edged 'cause I'm weazin all your grindage, just chill.

'Cause if I had the whole Brady Bunch thing happenin' at my pad, I'd go grind over there, so don't tax my gig so hard-core, cruster.

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-LeoKnowz-@reddit

Paulie? Paulie Shore? Is that you? How's your mother?

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zoestar198728@reddit

Whatever

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tactlex@reddit

There was a lot of “turning round” I am amazed that more people did collapse dizzy.

“He turned around and said…” “Then I turned around and said….”

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R_437@reddit

Sike.

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lefindecheri@reddit

Edit to correct spelling: psyche

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Mushy-sweetroll@reddit

Totally

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D34N2@reddit

It’s totally “totally”. Like, totally.

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lefindecheri@reddit

I'm down for it

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XanaxWarriorPrincess@reddit

Awesome

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klements7@reddit

Um. Um is the old 'Like'. I stop listening to younger people who use 'like' all the time.

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Ok_Cicada_3420@reddit

Hey dude, don’t call me dude!

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AccidentProne986@reddit

Unreal

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AuroraDF@reddit

Literally. Lol

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LizLemonKnopers@reddit

Like

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dchusband@reddit

“Big time”

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Chance_Fate66@reddit

Gross

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hammeritus@reddit

To the max

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dchusband@reddit

They’ve since switched to “genuinely”

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Hot_Poetry_6475@reddit

Agree with rad & hella

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Unique_Watch2603@reddit

Dude!

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There4IM@reddit

https://youtu.be/7NmEyTyq6LI?si=TGRxx4rd_fABvkQP

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31hoodies@reddit

For sure…

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NevadaStrayCat@reddit

Totally.

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gyrekat@reddit

Like,totally

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Beyond_the_Matrix@reddit

"I shit you not," or "No shit!"

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NevadaStrayCat@reddit

"I wouldn't shit you, man, you're my favorite turd!"

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FAx32@reddit

Awesome!

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Appropriate_One_2533@reddit

“Like”. 👍🏻

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snakeayez@reddit

Definitely "totally"

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Illustrious_You_6210@reddit

"My bad" always drove me up the frigging wall. That's not any sort of apology, you dunderhead!

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Vaugeresponse@reddit

I am with you on this. I told my 20 year old son he is getting a punch if he says that to me again.

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TollyVonTheDruth@reddit

"Right on!"

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Honor_Imperious@reddit

"Like" and, ironically enough: "Literally".

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AdmiralJaneway8@reddit

Like and totally

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niff007@reddit

Totally, like, fuckin sick

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JDPierson@reddit

out our way it was totally, rad or hella

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the-wow-signal@reddit

Ironic

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HandsomePotRoast@reddit

Amazing.

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Munchkin_Media@reddit

Totally

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elphring@reddit

“Seen”, “Hella”, “Betty”

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ConsciousChicken1249@reddit

Legit lol

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Signal_Potential7032@reddit

Totally

Rad

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WithoutDennisNedry@reddit

Totally indeed. At least we used the word correctly.

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impossibilly@reddit

Literally was literally our literally.

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peppermint-tea-yay@reddit

totally, which I totally still say to my regret.

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Critical_Seat_1907@reddit

Whatever

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TowelFine6933@reddit

Whatever!

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GreedyAd2171@reddit

Cool

Like

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LawComprehensive2204@reddit

Totally

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enriquedelcastillo@reddit

Totally this

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7eregrine@reddit

Totally not that.

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I-eat-late@reddit

It totally was that

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7eregrine@reddit

Totally was not. Totally just means what our parents used "right on".
Totally means "agree". Not literally.
"I'm so fucking high right now....".
Totally....
(Me too)

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I-eat-late@reddit

Totally bro

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7eregrine@reddit

So you agree. Right on! 👍

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Flaky-Act-659@reddit

For sure …

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I-eat-late@reddit

FOR SHORRR YESSSSS

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crone_Andre3000@reddit

whatever

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The_Latverian@reddit

This is it

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Illustrious_Stick_57@reddit

Not.

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Plane-Fan9006@reddit

Like

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karma_the_sequel@reddit

Awesome!

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Fur_Nurdle_on67@reddit

Massive

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MaximumJones@reddit

Meh

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woodspider9@reddit

Totally

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7eregrine@reddit

Not the same.

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I-eat-late@reddit

like, totally the same

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7eregrine@reddit

No way. Totally is a better " I agree" or... "right on" as our parents said.
Not 'literally '.

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TalkOk4096@reddit

Overused or used in the wrong way?

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Muted-Garden500@reddit

Totally. Sweet. Radical dude.

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FanDorph@reddit

True

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hazelquarrier_couch@reddit

Bad was good.

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OldSoul2020@reddit

For real

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Kalena426@reddit

Whatever, duh, as if, like

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yesbutnotwithyou@reddit

Um, duh

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Majestic_Orchid4651@reddit

I don’t really remember whether it was used a lot incorrectly when we were younger, but it does seem like a lot of Gen X over uses the words ironic/ironically incorrectly.

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