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Jordi Geordie Posted 12 years ago
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the meaning of this phrase?

be like
e.g : Mexicans be like.....you don't like chile
  

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you don't like chile Very strange. In this context "be like" seems like a very non-standard, slang way of saying "say". Mexicans say ...

— CalifJim

  • you don't like chile Very strange.
  • In this context "be like" seems like a very non-standard, slang way of saying "say".
  • Mexicans say ...
  • CJ
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Jordi Geordiethe meaning of this phrase
be like e.g : Mexicans be like.....you don't like chile
Very strange. In this context "be like" seems like a very non-standard, slang way of saying "say".

Mexicans say ...

CJ
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It is slang expression
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"X be like Y" seems to be a kind of formula for making (supposedly) amusing comments about X, e.g. on image captions. I would guess that it is deliberately ungrammatical.
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GPY, you are correct, in that X be like Y is seen on image captions. However, more and more people are starting to talk like this. I hear it most from people of a lower socio-economic background.
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