Is it just me, or does anyone else expect something a bit more eloquent than
“I was like 'Holy crap.'” from a linguists graduate student?
It's not just you.
I was like, "Holy Crap, this is from a linguistics graduate student?"

Carol
whose Dad would NEVER say "car" when "automobile" would do...
When I visited the Vatican, I was like, "Holy Car, is that the Popemobile?"