A word used as filler. It has become such a meme in the English language that I am seriously pondering smashing my pinky with a rock every time I use it. Even highly educated people use it in this manner.
So like we can use this equation to compute like a minimum fuel consumption trajectory to another planet. This is called like a Hohmann transfer orbit.
by lerxst December 18, 2004
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a) A substitute for "said", before a quote.

b) About; approximately

c) Nonsense word; a space holder
a) And he was like, "We should go out sometime," and she was like, "Uh...in your dreams," and he was like, "Bitch."

b) He was like, 30 years old.

c) So, like, where should we, like, go?
by M November 23, 2003
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1. A word implying similarity between two things.

2. A level of romantic interest that is not as high as love, yet not exclusive to sex.

3. An idiot teenager conversation spacer that is virtually meaningless.
1. Apples are like bananas, in that they are both fruits.

2. John is in like with Dave, because they are both fruits.

3. "So, like, I was like, 'Why don't we like do something?' <insipid high pitched giggle>" - Teenaged Girl with IQ 75
by Al October 27, 2003
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Used by stupid girls like P. Hilton to show how cool and modern they are. But actually it just emphasizes their low IQs, and how retardic they are.
Paris: "Omg I'm like the most popular girl ever!"
Nicky: "Like wow!"
Paris: "Ya I know. I'm like so cool. Just look at me!"
Nicky: *sighs* "We rock!!"
Paris: "Like im more popular than the queen!!!"
Nicky: "You're more popular than me! I'm just the younger
sister who's like less cool than you!"
Paris: "I know! Doh!! If it werent for ME, you'd be a
nobody. Like I'm so amazing."
Nicky: "Like omg yeah!'
by googoo 101 September 29, 2006
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Locale: UK, Birmingham/Northern England. Word added to sentences in these districts, to affirm something.
"So we went to the shops like"
by beteo January 27, 2004
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(1) like = said (the first Valley Girl,popularized in a 1982 Frank Zappa song,swapped "like" for "said")
(2) word used in conversation to set up quotations

(3) word used as a stall tactic when they're not confident about what they're saying, akin to "uh" or "um", a space-filler in conversation to keep the other person from injecting into an otherwise-quiet space between thoughts; sometimes thought to be a sign of a poor vocabulary
(1) I'm like, `Gag me with a spoon' and she's like, `Oh my God!'

(2) He's, like, `Go ahead.'

(3) I'm like, thinking about taking my clothes off, but I'm like, on my period, and I'm thinking, like, does he want to 'do it' when Im, like, going to be bleeding all over, like, his cock....
by Jake February 18, 2004
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In the UK we call this a comma. Used mostly to introduce a qoute, it is also used randomly by irritating teenagers and people who dropped out of school or have never read a book above the literary standard of Guns 'n' Ammo. It can be exchanged with a number of other phrases, including I was all.
1. To introduce a quote: So I was like, "duuuude" and he was all "baaaabe".
2. Randomly: Like, oh my God, that is, like, so wrong.
by dan_iz_me July 19, 2004
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