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Okay, so I’m not sure where to start, but–like–there’s a serious psychological plague going around which may be more contagious than–like–Covid-19.
It’s the LIKE twitch.
How do you know you have it? There’s only one symptom. If you use the word LIKE in nearly every sentence, sometimes more than once if you use run-un sentences, you have contracted this obnoxious condition.
Do you know anyone…er…um…like this?
If you struggle with avoiding use of the word LIKE, I have bad news. The only way to break the habit is to either mentally control everything you say, willing yourself to use other words, or to avoid people with the LIKE twitch.
In my case, my older brother has it…bad. And, just from a little time with my sisters, he has given them a taste of it. They’re not full-blown sick in the head, but they are at the tickle-cough stage.
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The LIKE twitch is similar to the following conditions I’ve already had to elude:
Rapid and obsessive eye blinking.
[I once saw a kid on a school bus with this condition. He drove me crazy until I finally had to stop talking with him and look away.]
Clearing your throat in a way that may be associated with acid reflux.
[My fifth-grade teacher had this one and passed it to me; it took half of the following summer for me to stop grinding my throat.]
Repetitive use of the phrase “Utterly ridiculous.”
[My sister picked this up from watching the CG superhero show Miraculous…and then she passed it to our mother.]
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Ask your doctor about using Thesaurus, today.
Think of two synonyms for LIKE and call me in the morning.
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