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john commented on the word quotative like
"This upstart like is the new say, and users find it a handy tool for quoting or paraphrasing the speech of others, often with sarcasm or irony. Linguists call it the "quotative like," but any 16-year-old can show you how it works.
For example, like can introduce an actual quotation ("She's like, 'What unusual shoes you're wearing!' ") or paraphrase one ("She's like, my shoes are weird!")."
- International Herald Tribune, July 15, 2007, "Learning to like Like"
January 28, 2008
gangerh commented on the word quotative like
Her vocabulary was as bad as a, like, whatever ….
January 28, 2008
seanahan commented on the word quotative like
I enjoy how linguists come up with complicated terms for simple things.
January 28, 2008
alexz commented on the word quotative like
And XKCD was like, deal with it. http://xkcd.com/1483/
February 17, 2015