Dictionary update on the use of the word LITERALLY...

[Wozza]

This is a great feature on the subject:

http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafr...terally-up-in-arms-about-literally-seriously/

 

[Pevenseagull]

Since when did Radio 1 DJs molesting youngsters become 'historical'?

 

[BN9 BHA]

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With NSC being a hive of pedantry, I noticed in the news that the for years misused word 'literally' has had its definition updated to allow its use in phrases like 'I was literally tearing my hair out...', to add emphasis, as well as its formerly literal meaning, to tell the truth...

I remember listening to a few ding dongs on the subject, usually around a table in a pub

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...y-admits-used-wrong-sense-word-literally.html

Check out the pics of Luisa Zissman on the Daily Mail femail today section of the weblink.
Literally fit as!

 

[Soulman]

Fascinate is another word that sometimes gets used wrongly.
My mate Paddy was asked to use the word in a sentence. He came up with...... "I have a Donkey Jacket, it has nine buttons, but i can only fascinate"

 

[BuddyBoy]

Fascinate is another word that sometimes gets used wrongly.
My mate Paddy was asked to use the word in a sentence. He came up with...... "I have a Donkey Jacket, it has nine buttons, but i can only fascinate"

I'm fascinated by your mate Paddy's use of the word fascinate.

 

[Baron Pepperpot]

'same difference' is the term that bemuses me

 

[fat old seagull]

The use pedantry or membership of the Grammar Police on forums serves only to gob off about how clever one is. Whilst their victim or even just casual observers usually form the opinion that the self imposed peer is not only rude but LITERALLY a prat !

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

What are Private eye going to do for Larfs now? They will literally be going apeshit.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Infer and imply confuse me still. This implies I am uneducated or do you infer that I am?

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

My son explains the difference quite well. Bears are infur, sheds are inply.

 

[Petunia]

Since when did Radio 1 DJs molesting youngsters become 'historical'?

Allegedly.