How to Stop Saying 'Like' (and Other Distracting Filler Words)
by Sarah Showfety from Lifehacker on (#5XM90)
If you've ever listened to someone, like, pepper everything they say with, like, a never-ending litany of likes, ums, or ahs, you know it can be distracting and-whether fair or not-can diminish what they're saying. We all occasionally lean on verbal crutches, or what academics call disfluencies" when we're nervous,...