Junk Speech

Homework

Keep an ear out for junk speech this week

Reduce (eventually, eliminate) the following junk words from your speech:

  • like
  • kind of

Dial back your junk speech using auto-correcting, words swapping or word elimination.

When you catch the junk word after it’s popped out of your mouth:

  • Tool: Autocorrect yourself - stop, and repeat the phrase again w/o the junk word

When you can catch the word right before it pops out:

  • Tool: Word swap - use another word (if one needs to be there) Use “for instance” instead of “like”. Use “similar to” instead of “kind of”.
  • Tool: Word drop - eliminate the word altogether