make them give you a nickel every time they say the word

I was going to suggest a quarter.

mine used to crack up & roll her eyes when I called her "dude" -as in dude this & dude that. Did it when she'd go, like, this & like that

I'd always repeat the word when my daughter said it...she got tired of me saying so she quit

There's a commercial on satellite radio where she says her mom made her stop saying "like" and she couldn't talk at all for 2 weeks!

sstindt - My girls are saying the same thing....that it's too hard to talk without saying "like."

thernandez - I love that idea, except they get all of their money from me, so I'd go broke!

Cheryl57 - I repeat "like" to them each time they say it -they're starting to get irritated by it

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