Are you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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"Like" as a substitute for "said," or any of the other myriad alternatives that our beautifully rich language offers. Your protagonist could have "replied", "retorted", "cried", "yelled", "exclaimed", "ejaculated" (fnar fnar), "shouted", "suggested", or one of many other possibilities, and yet all you can muster is,
"So yeah, he was, like, 'No way, man!'
And I was, like, 'Fuck you, man!'"
(, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 12:02, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
"No, actually I don't know what you mean because you are talking incomprehensible shit," is an honest response that sadly doesn't win you many friends.
(, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 12:14, Reply)
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