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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It be like that

Easy conversation filler that means anything and everything all at once.

I was too lazy to read the text message so I just responded with 'it be like that sometimes'.

by joemammy September 3, 2016

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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?