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https://www.businessinsider.com/why-americans-say-like-so-much-2020-3?IR=T

• Like" is one of the most abused words in the English language. It's so versatile and can be used in almost any sentence. 
  
  
• The word was first popularized by the Beatniks in the 1950s as a sign of being cool. 
  
  
• The word only reached mainstream popularity in the 1980s after the song "Valley Girl" became widely recognized. 
  
  
• Now, the word "like" exists across every form of media and constantly evolves to remain part of the English language. 
  
  

Linguists call the interjections :  you know, like, um, I mean and a multitude of other fillers discourse particles that is an unconscious device that serves as a pause in a middle of a sentence  as the speaker gathers his or her thoughts but wants to maintain the listener's attention.