Extra Fillings

Certain words or phrases are known as "fillers". Examples are '"you know" and "like". Popular among young people are intensifiers such as "totally" and "literally" .The frequency of use of these words means that they are beginning to function like "uhm" and "er"
In Toastmasters, we discourage the use of fillers on the grounds that they add no value to the speech and indicate hesitation. Some psycholinguists claim however, that they can play an important role in helping the listener to process what they are hearing.