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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

What am l, like, 5?...

Clark: lt's all about control,
which you don't have.

Kara: Me? Get back to me We'll talk again when you can fly?
when you can fly, Earth boy.

Clark: You're the one who almost lit up Set in fire?
the whole fair. Watch and learn. He uses his heat vision to
draw a smiling face on a melon.
Now you try.
Let's see you put a mug Draw a face? on this melon.

Kara: Please. What am l, like, 5? Are you making me to be some 5-year-old?
And what this like doing there?
  

Top answer

"Get back to me" - yes. " is dismissive to the point of rudeness. "Lit up" - Set on fire, yes.

  • "Get back to me" - yes.
  • " is dismissive to the point of rudeness.
  • "Lit up" - Set on fire, yes.
  • "Mug" - yes, it's a slang word for face.
  • A little old-fashioned now.
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"Get back to me" - yes. "Get back to me when you..." is dismissive to the point of rudeness.
"Lit up" - Set on fire, yes.
"Mug" - yes, it's a slang word for face. A little old-fashioned now.
"Like" - oh, the use of "like." Even Obama says it! I think he is the first US president to do so. There must be a usage article on this somewhere on the internet. I'll see if I can
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Thanks, D! I've always heard that 'meaningless' meaning of like but never really knew
it doesn't mean anything.
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But it does mean something, or at least is functioning to color the meaning of what follows it. Here's another discussion of usage.

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