As a non native English speaker, I am asking this questions here just because Google didn't gave me any clear answers. No clue where from did this type of speaking is coming from.
Is it a regionalism, or is it pop culture, maybe just fashion in words, or maybe is a natural evolution of English language?
I am asking about that way of speaking with a lot of unnecessary "like" words. Sometimes the unnecessary "like" is followed by a phrase. For me this is a way of speaking of "future to be" prom queens, usually spoiled rich girl, seen in some high school comedy movies. "He was like ..., and I was like ..." an so on. Sometimes followed by the word "hashtag" but this is only in movies, didn't see the hashtag used too often in real life. In real life, this way of talking with "like" is not specific only to high school girls only. Many seem to speak that way, no mater the sex or the age.
Many times the "like" word is there for no reason, without being followed by a comparison sentence, like the "f0cking" word is used in some movies almost everywhere.
Those who use "like" very often also have a tendency to use other unnecessary words: "literally", "basically", "totally", "you know", yet these are not used as often as the word "like". "Like" seems to beat them all.
I don't look for a rant, or for blame, just trying to understand what is this way of talking, where did it came from, when it is used, does it have a meaning, does it have a name? Things like this.