'Like, I know, right?

There are some slang words and language trends that have come and gone over the years. For instance, back in the '50s, you might hear the kids say, "Man, that cat is a real square." Or "My parents are such a drag." Or "Hey, Daddy-o, what's cookin'?"

In the '60s, you might have heard the words "flower child," "groovy," and "funky." They had "hip chicks" that were "out a sight" and "stone cold foxes." While the boys in the '60s were "burning rubber" in their "neato" hot rods which was a real a "gas."

In the '70s, the kids were "far out" and asked, "Can you dig it?" They learned to "boogie" and were "getting down" at the disco. They told their parents to "Buzz off" and told their friends, "Right on!" They asked, "Do you catch my drift?" and life was "Dy-no-Mite!"

The '80s introduced, "Like, that's totally tubular, dude!" and "That's so rad!" or "That scrunchie in your hair is gnarly."

Kids were telling their parents, "No Duh!" and to "Take a chill pill." Their younger siblings were "dweebs," homework was "bogus" and the new parachute pants at the store were "radical."

However, the cafeteria food at school made them say, "Gag me with a spoon." or "Barf me out!" and "That's grody to the max!"

In the '90s, kids were "rollin' with their homeys" and gettin' jiggy with it" at the club. Kids were telling their parents to, "Chill out!" or "Dude, don't have a cow!" They were telling their friends to "talk to the hand" or "you be trippin' fool!" Kids looked "fly" and "fresh" and said, "Peace Out", when they left the room.

Early 2000s brought a few new ones. Kids were wearing their "bling" asking each other, "Waassuup" and "hangin' with their peeps."

They told each other, "don't be a hater or a playa" and saying that the new Doc Martens are "sweet" and "da bomb." They told their parents they were "sooo lame." The girls were "bootylicious" and the boys on the court celebrated by saying, "Boo ya!" and "You just got served."

All that being said, there is ONE word that has managed to stick around clear back from the Valley Girl days and doesn't seem to pass with the decades. I don't know what it is about this word that has made it so concrete and popular enough to remain since the 1980s, but it's here to stay.

Kids can use it 100 times in one conversation, and nine times in one sentence without them even realizing it. It doesn't follow the rules of proper English, which I guess most slang doesn't, and I'm sure it drives English teachers nuts.

If you haven't figured it out yet, go eavesdrop on a group of 11-14 year old girls and you'll hear it a million times.

"My mom's like, make your bed and I'm like, I did and she's like, do it again and I'm like, whatever. So, I like, remade it, like all nice and pretty and she's like, finally. I like, hate it when she like, bugs me about it like every morning, cause like, I'm tired, ya know?"

"Your mom is like sooo much like my mom, like always bugging me to do stuff, like dumb stuff, like pick up my clothes and clean stuff and like, every day, that's all she says, ya know, like it gets old?"

"Like, I know right?"