This is not surprising at all. In fact, it appears as if a broad mentality is exactly located as described.

Just as the word "like", a filler syllable for all the words missing in the vocabulary of an average person, particularly young peeps and late teenagers.

For all you folks not living in Southern Cali, you oughta come over here and take a looksie. That's how it goes all day long: "OMG, it's like ... OMG!"

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