I ask because I caught myself being a huge hypocrite again.
I’m a millennial and I criticized a Gen Z friend for her constant use of the word ‘lowkey.’
I then realized do I not do the same thing? I often say ‘sorta’ or ‘kinda’ when I do just mean I did the thing in the same way she uses ‘lowkey.’
No, I didn’t ‘kinda’ delete a guy’s account at my stupid IT job. I DELETED HIS ACCOUNT! I didn’t ‘sorta’ leave too late for work. I FUCKING LEFT LATE!
So I am a massive fucking hypocrite who needs to just let Gen Z chill and do what the want as I am the same flavor of asshole, but what about you?
Why use more word when less word work
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More? Less.
For decoration, signalling emotional state, and to play with words.
unga bunga, genius!
No, I mean I don’t use them needlessly or whatever. I kinda use them to sorta let my thoughts buffer.
I mean like it’s kinda like fuck man like you know like it’s kinda sorta like fuck man like fuck you know man like sorta kinda like fuck man like fuck man you know like it’s kinda like-
The curse-filler version of the rainbow wheel.
Do you
needlesslyuse filler words?For some reason, I have an incredibly difficult time not saying like.
I bet if there were a word cloud of mymost commonly used words of all of my posts, “like” would be the sun in my fucking word solar system.
This is super common on the west coast of Canada (and I assume the United States as well.) Most of my friends from there say it constantly.
Filler words are normal, and every language has them.
I grew up in a house with a swear word jar, and a filler word jar. The swear word jar worked differently than most. We didn’t put a quarter in every time we used a swear word. We put a dollar in every time we use a swear word incorrectly or as a filler word. According to my parents, “profanity should be used as punctuation and emphasis, not decoration.”
The filler word jar worked like a normal swear word jar. $0.25 in the jar for each and every filler word we used. Since this was in the '80s and '90s, we learned to think about what we said before we started speaking.
The Title should be “Do You Use Filler Words?” not “Do You Needlessly Use Filler Words?”. At least I really, really, really think so. /s
I like the extra verbosity. When used in moderation anyway. A little bit of seasoning for my sentences.
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Exactly. As a non-native speaker, I sometimes intentionally add these words to make my speech sound less formal and more casual.
On the other hand, most of the time I talk with other non-native speakers, so I’m not even sure they notice.
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No
Take one step back and ask yourself why you criticized your friend to begin with.
I’m ready for people to move on from describing 85% of things as “unhinged”.
Your comment is completely unhinged
His actions were completely hinged
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I mean… For real, yeah, I guess, kinda lowkey.
Yes, I definitely do. It’s because my brain runs quite slowly, slower than I talk. So I often need to put in filler words to let my brain catch up. Or I repeat the same thing I just said but in a different way.
It’s odd how the brain can kindof pre-load the mouth with a sentence, then while the sentence is playing, it hunts for the next sentence to cue. If the next sentence is not ready yet, then the mouth goes into autopilot. It puts in filler words to make the sentence longer, and loops back on other things I’ve already said.
I was always told when younger to make sure brain is engaged before opening mouth because i would get lost mid sentence if it wasn’t planned out
Yeah,I can relate. I’ve been recently starting to learn how to make my communication more concise, that helps with getting to the point, and not getting lost mid-sentence.
Yes
Short and to the point. Gotta hand it to you.
Wouldn’t call it ‘needless’ exactly.
