# ============================================================================
# STRIKE LIST — filler words for the YouPush transcript cleaner
# getyoupush.com/tools/transcript-cleaner
#
# HOW TO USE IT
#   1. Select all of this file (Cmd-A / Ctrl-A) and copy it.
#   2. In the tool, paste it into the "Words to strike" box, replacing
#      whatever is in there.
#   3. Edit it however you like. One term per line, or comma-separated.
#      Phrases work too. Matching ignores case, and "Whole words only"
#      is on by default so striking "um" will not touch "summary".
#   4. Save your edited version somewhere. It is yours now.
#
# Anything after a # is ignored, including every line of this header, so
# you can paste the whole file in as-is, annotate your own entries, and
# comment a word out instead of deleting it when you want it back later.
# ============================================================================


# ── Verbal tics ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Pure hesitation sounds. These carry no meaning in any context, which is why
# they are the defaults in the tool.

um
uh
er
ah
eh
hmm
mhm
mm
erm


# ── Throat-clearing phrases ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Said while the brain catches up with the mouth. Cutting them almost never
# changes what a sentence means.

you know
i mean
sort of
kind of
you see
i guess
i suppose
or something
and stuff
and things like that
that kind of thing
if that makes sense
does that make sense
to be honest
to be fair
at the end of the day
the thing is
here's the thing
what i'm saying is
what i mean is
let me put it this way


# ── Empty intensifiers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# These do carry a little emphasis, so cut them only if the transcript is
# going to be read rather than heard. In speech they land; on the page they
# read as padding.

basically
literally
obviously
essentially
honestly
frankly
clearly
certainly
definitely
absolutely
totally
completely
super
really really


# ── Repeated openers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Uncomment whichever ones you actually start sentences with. Most people
# have one or two and never notice until they read a transcript.

# so
# now
# okay
# alright
# right
# anyway
# anyways
# look
# see
# well


# ── RISKY: leave these commented unless you have read the transcript ────────
# Each one carries real meaning often enough that stripping it flattens how
# you sound, or changes what you said. "Just" and "like" do the most damage.
#
#   "just" — "just do it" is not "do it"
#   "like" — comparison ("like a hammer") vs filler ("it was, like, huge")
#   "actually" — genuine correction vs verbal shrug
#   "so" — consequence ("so I left") vs sentence-starter
#
# Delete the # in front of one to turn it on.

# like
# just
# actually
# so
# well
# right
# really
# very
# quite
# pretty


# ── Your own ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
# Everyone has a tell. Read one of your own transcripts and you will find it
# inside a page. Add it below.