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Like adjective

Like adjective. Gelic~ like, similar ~Old English Galikaz~ having the same form ~ Proto-Germanic ~ Equally, like~ Gelijk~ Dutch Gilik~ Old Scandanavian Glikr ~ Old Norweigan Gleich~ German Galieks~ Goth. Old English. ga(with, together) + lic(body)

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Like adjective

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  1. Like adjective Gelic~ like, similar ~Old English Galikaz~ having the same form ~ Proto-Germanic ~ Equally, like~ Gelijk~ Dutch Gilik~ Old Scandanavian Glikr ~ Old Norweigan Gleich~ German Galieks~ Goth

  2. Old English ga(with, together) + lic(body) • 1778 Modern English used as a filler. Ex: going really fast, like • 1888 more like…closer to what is desired. • 1950 Originally used in slang. 1200 lic 1300 liche 1388 licke 1430 lijk 1571 leeke 1604 like

  3. Like verb • 971~Blickl • Used by Chaucer 1374, “lykede to the goddes” ~~To please, be pleasing, suit a person. ~~To please oneself, take pleasure, delight. ~~To enjoy, replace said or spoke, attraction~”I really like you.”

  4. Like adverb • With the sense in or after the manner of, so as to resemble • 1530~fellowlike • 1542~gentlemenlike • 1557~Math like quantities and like signs

  5. Other Prescriptive Uses • Noun~She had many likes and dislikes. • Preposition~ “I’m gonna have to shit like a horse.” • Conjunction~He acts like a girl does.

  6. Not just a valley girl termhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=sFR9TNsByLk • Often referred to as a meaningless word overused by American teenagers. • I think maybe like…something to like, like hay…I like…He’s like, I wanna like • Around the DC area, it’s used to end a sentence or comment • Yo son, you actin gay like • Used to avoid an outright opinion • Wasn’t it like when like…If you add the word like, you become the one questioning not answering.

  7. How do you define like? • Associating with, or a linkage word. • Attraction~ “I really like you.” • How to compare things. • How you feel about somebody. • Familiar to. • When you care about someone~”I’m in like with you.” • My 6-year-old~ Like when you really like something, and you really want it.

  8. Well known terms or like clichés Like a broken record Like a glove Like a kid in a candy store Like a fish Like a mothafucka Like a rockstar Like buttah Like nailing jello to a tree Like Woah Like there’s no tomorrow Like a bitch Like trying to pick up a turd by its clean end

  9. Song titles • Duran Duran~Hungry Like a Wolf • Madonna~Like a Virgin~Like a Prayer • Bow Wow~Shortie Like Mine • Shop Boyz~Party Like a Rockstar • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj63G4MZpms • Tim McGraw~Live Like You Were Dying • Eminem~Ass Like That • Snoop Dogg~Drop it Like it’s Hot

  10. Uses in everyday conversationthese are actual conversations • So can we like…?Cuz what I’d really like is to… • It’s like turn my office into a whole new… • I would like to. • Instead of playing like you could, now you like and like wake up with your Xbox and like 1,000 people are online.

  11. Used in English 271 Speeches • January 30 (first day of presentations) our class used the word like 74 times! • This shows the word is being used in more formal situations by our generation.

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