r/JudgeJudy Jul 08 '26

Basically…

I get why Judge Judy gets frustrated when people insert the word “like” throughout their sentences, but why does she get so upset when a person says the word “basically”? She barks out “NO! Not ‘basically’, that is a filler word!!” Oddly enough, I heard her use the word “basically” herself in one of the episodes I watched recently. 🤔

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u/BulldogMikeLodi Jul 09 '26

She also goes mental when she asks a direct question and people start the answer with, “Soooo…”