Re: CHAT: ...y'know

> > Of course, the really determined space fillers will the resort to
> > _beginning_ sentences with "Basically......."   I haven't worked out a
> > response to this yet.
> > Basically, it seems to mean symptomatic of sloppy thinking, right, know
> > what I mean?
*nods*  I notice it when undereducated young men and women are
trying to sound intelligent.

I've also noticed a replacement of "said" with the forms "like" and "is
all."  For example:

"So I'm all, Get over it, and she's like, yeah, right, so I'm all,
puhleaze, and she's all talk to the hand."

--Patrick