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?"
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Ghetto slang for "is like."
Studying for college be like...
(plays a clip of the Noodle Dance from PB&J Otter)
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Subjunctive mood used in sentences written by social media's philosophers.
Would sound pretty archaic if used by Mr(s). anybody.
Modern English speakers would rather use "let object be like".
Some twitter user : "b*tches be like : insert image or catchy meme"
alternative version :
Another twitter user : "let the bitches be like : insert image or catchy meme"
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Like like is more then liking as a friend, yet different then a crush. Its a step above a crush, and a step below love.
"Dude, Jenna so like likes Tom!"
"I do not like like David, I just like him."
"So... do you like like me, or just like me?"
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Where you more than like like someone, but you don't say you love them. Like like like is a sign of a relationship going somewhere.
Wow, did you see that she smiled so much around him? She must really like like like him.
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Where you only like someone because you want to like someone.
The lonely guy, wanting to find love, like-like liked the ugly old woman.
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Essentially, "liking" something on facebook that you don't actually have sincere interest in.
Some do it to fit in by liking what popular people liked.
Some do it to reinforce in everyone's minds that the he/she is, indeed, friends with the poster of the status.*
Some do it to make sure everyone knows that he/she was a part of the inside joke in the status.*
Some do it to create the illusion that he/she was a part of the inside joke in the status.*
*You can interchange 'status' and 'picture'.
Examples of Liking to be Liked:
One, Two, and Three alllll liked Four's status, so I did too.
Five's status was nothing special, but I liked it because I wanted to make sure everyone knows I know her and I'm tight with her.
Six made her status about all the drinks we had, but she didn't name names, so I made sure everyone knows I was the one she had drinks with (in case anyone is unsure I drink) by liking it.
One of Seven's statuses was about her and Eight drinking, and even though I wasn't there, I had to make sure everyone knows I do like to drink (in case anyone doesn't know I'm hardcore) so I liked it.
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