Should you stop saying ‘um’? Here’s what experts said
... habit of throwing in a quick “you know, like” or “so like” in between every few sentences.
Those are called “filler words,” which are defined as words, sounds or phrases that we use, often unintentionally, to fill pauses when we don’t know what to say.
I use them so often that I don’t process how many times I’m saying them. In fact, most of us probably aren’t counting the amount of filler words we use in a sentence





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