Rural Dictionary

be like

Slang term typically used in urban ghettos and popularized on internet memes to mean : To act like, or to appear in a certain way, to say, or to offer up an excuse.

Girls be like, "I hate when guys stare at me at the gym."

Bitches be like, "You want my number? What kind of car you drive?"

by SUP3RMATT December 10, 2016

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like such as and

phrase used to relate specific examples to an overlying concept or idea in order to provide supporting evidence to that idea

Question: Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is?

Response: I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps, and uh I believe that our education like such as South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., or er should help South Africa and should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future for our children.

by Miss South Carolina September 17, 2007

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like to

adverb: almost, nearly, just-about; generally stated in a manner incorporating exaggeration or sarcasm, used primarily in the southern US states

"She was so mad after I forgot her birthday, she like to killed me!"

"Bernice was so funny, I like to died laughing."

"I like to never got this thing on."
-(as uttered by a character in an episode of "Designing Women" after donning a Christmas Tree skirt.)

by Glenn Sheffield August 10, 2008

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like

1a. Similar to.
1b. In the manner of.

2. Approximately.

3. Used with the verb "to be" in dialogue attribution (quotes).

4. Used to express:
(a) an unspoken thought or
(b) an emotional reaction, especially when
(c) exaggerating.

5. A filler word, interchangeable with "uh."

1a. My heart is like a singing bird.
1b. She sat like patience on a monument, / Smiling at grief.

2. There were, like, forty people in the theater.

3. He was, like, "Where are you going?"

4a. I was, like, What's wrong with you?
4b. I was, like, NO DAMMIT!!!
4c. I was, like, crying -- well, I mean, I wasn't crying, but I was so upset.

5. A covalent bond is, like, when the atoms share electrons, right?