Tag Archives: Abuse of Like

One of NLJ editor N.A. Ferrell’s pet peeves is the contemporary abuse of the word “like.” This tag applies to articles examining this annoying and ever-worsening trend.

August 4, 2023

Aug 2023

“I could get like the keys and come back”

Nicholas A. Ferrell

She said “I could get like the keys and come back.”

July 27, 2021

Jul 2021

Overheard on the Street: “Like and basically like…”

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Overheard on the street in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn: “Like and like basically like…”

February 19, 2021

Feb 2021

“Like… and Like… Yeah” – The Abuse of Like

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜The quote in the title says nothing at all. The quote in the title says it all.〜

November 21, 2020

Nov 2020

Like a Verbal Tic

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I overheard someone say “likethere was like no follow-through” on a Brooklyn sidewalk. That led to one of my many meditations about like as a verbal tic.