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the most versatile word in the english language
    #14798756 - 07/20/11 04:21 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

is Like.

check out all the different ways you can use the word like.

Like [lahyk]
adjective
1.
of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
2.
corresponding or agreeing in general or in some noticeable respect; similar; analogous: drawing, painting, and like arts.
3.
bearing resemblance.

preposition
6.
in like  manner with; similarly to; in the manner characteristic of: He works like a beaver.
7.
resembling (someone or something): He is just like his father. Your necklace is just like mine.
8.
characteristic of: It would be like him to forget our appointment.
9.
as if there is promise of; indicative of: It looks like rain.
10.
as if someone or something gives promise of being: She looks like a good prospect for the job.
11.
disposed or inclined to (usually preceded by feel ): to feel like going to bed.
12.
similar or comparable to: There is nothing like a cold drink of water when one is thirsty. what was he like?
13.
(used correlatively to indicate similarity through relationship): like father, like son.
14.
(used to establish an intensifying, often facetious, comparison): sleeping like a log.
15.
as; such as: There are numerous hobbies you might enjoy, like photography or painting.

adverb
16.
nearly; closely; approximately: The house is more like 40 than 20 years old.
17.
Informal . likely or probably: Like enough he'll come with us. Like as not her leg is broken.
18.
Nonstandard .
a.
as it were; in a way; somehow.
b.
to a degree; more or less: standing against the wall, looking very tough like.
–conjunction
19.
in the same way as; just as; as: It happened like you might expect it would.
20.
as if: He acted like he was afraid. The car runs like new.
21.
Informal . (used especially after forms of be  to introduce reported speech or thought): She's like, "I don't believe it," and I'm like, "No, it's true!"
–noun
22.
a similar or comparable person or thing, or like  persons or things; counterpart, match, or equal (usually preceded by a possessive adjective or the ): No one has seen his like in a long time. Like attracts like.
23.
kind; sort; type; ilk (usually preceded by a possessive adjective): I despise moochers and their like.
24.
the like, something of a similar nature: They grow oranges, lemons, and the like.
–interjection
25.
Informal . (used especially in speech, often nonvolitionally or habitually, to preface a sentence, to fill a pause, to express uncertainty, or to intensify or neutralize a following adjective): Like, why didn't you write to me? The music was, like, really great, you know?


Idioms
26.
like anything, Informal . very much; extremely; with great intensity: He wanted like anything to win.
27.
like to, South Midland and Southern U.S. was on the verge of or came close to (doing something): The poor kid like to froze. Also, liked to.
28.
something like, Informal . something approaching or approximating: It looked something like this.


damn....
:stoner:


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Edited by Anthony (07/20/11 04:22 PM)

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InvisibleThe Whale

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Re: the most versatile word in the english language [Re: Anthony]
    #14798780 - 07/20/11 04:25 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

"Like" is a bridge between ideas, yet even more powerful than "um."

In other news, they added "ginormous" to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

Power to the people.


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Re: the most versatile word in the english language [Re: The Whale]
    #14798805 - 07/20/11 04:29 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

The Whale said:
"Like" is a bridge between ideas, yet even more powerful than "um."

In other news, they added "ginormous" to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

Power to the people.




:highfive: is the definition

Ginormous [Jai-norm-us]
adjective
- really big. a combination of gigantic, and enormous.

?


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Re: the most versatile word in the english language [Re: Anthony]
    #14798818 - 07/20/11 04:31 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

It's amusing when people claim some utterance isn't a proper word. Words themselves are entirely made up - there is nothing substantially or objectively real about them other than their acceptance, usage, and understanding.

"Aum" is powerful to me under psychedelics. I've had wild bouts with glossolalia with psilocybin where I just mumble and spout out random ass syllables like a madman - I feel like a child philosopher. It's great.


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Re: the most versatile word in the english language [Re: The Whale]
    #14798819 - 07/20/11 04:31 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

"state of mind" and "mindset" are impossible to translate straight into my language

there are different ways to describe these words but there will be always something lost in translation


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Re: the most versatile word in the english language [Re: Individual]
    #14798828 - 07/20/11 04:33 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

Individual said:
"state of mind" and "mindset" are impossible to translate straight into my language

there are different ways to describe this words but always something gets lost in translation




Everything is lost in translation. Nothing crosses our perceptual barriers unaffected by our own relative biases and reality tunnels.

My idea of "mind" is different than anyone else's, and yet we all pretend to ourselves we are talking about the same thing. Kind of funny.


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Re: the most versatile word in the english language [Re: Anthony]
    #14798831 - 07/20/11 04:33 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

I would have thought it was fuck.

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Re: the most versatile word in the english language [Re: 4runner]
    #14798852 - 07/20/11 04:36 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

anunnakian said:
I would have thought it was fuck.




hmm...fuck and shit are also up there with like. what the fuck, fuck you, motherfucker, let's fuck, fuck off, FUCK!, fuck yea!...

:strokebeard:

maybe it is fuck


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Re: the most versatile word in the english language [Re: Anthony]
    #14798886 - 07/20/11 04:41 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)



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External control, are you gonna let them get you?
Do you wanna be a prisoner in the boundaries they set you?
You say you want to be yourself, do you think they'll let you?
They're out to get you.



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Re: the most versatile word in the english language [Re: Anthony]
    #14798892 - 07/20/11 04:42 PM (12 years, 8 months ago)

Quote:

Anthony said:
Quote:

The Whale said:
"Like" is a bridge between ideas, yet even more powerful than "um."

In other news, they added "ginormous" to the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

Power to the people.




:highfive: is the definition

Ginormous [Jai-norm-us]
adjective
- really big. a combination of gigantic, and enormous.

?



They added ginormous but not ridonkulous? :thumbdown:

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