Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Has anyone REALLY ever been glued to the spot, petrified (ie. turned to stone), forced to jump out of their skin or simply had the cr@p scared out of them ?
Just wondered like
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[Misc] Use of LITERALLY
- Thread starter Prince Monolulu
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beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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yes to first and last.
- Aug 7, 2003
- 8,090
Medusa could answer your second question.
Megazone
On his last warning
I think the word 'like' is getting heavily over used......like.
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
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I agree with you, literally
Megazone
On his last warning
Do you know what I mean mate. I hear this literally everyday, like.
No she couldn't. Anyone she met might be able to (with extreme difficulty!)
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/literally
Definition of literally in English:
adverb
1In a literal manner or sense; exactly: the driver took it literally when asked to go straight over the roundabout tiramisu, literally translated ‘pull-me-up’
More example sentences Synonyms
1.1 informal Used for emphasis while not being literally true: I have received literally thousands of letters
Definition of literally in English:
adverb
1In a literal manner or sense; exactly: the driver took it literally when asked to go straight over the roundabout tiramisu, literally translated ‘pull-me-up’
More example sentences Synonyms
1.1 informal Used for emphasis while not being literally true: I have received literally thousands of letters
D'Angelo Saxon
SW19ULLS
You can blame Jamie Redknapp for the recent meaning.
RexCathedra
Aurea Mediocritas
This of course would be a case of using 'literally' figuratively.
A mex eyecan
Well-known member
- Nov 3, 2011
- 3,884
if I've told you to stop exaggerating once I've told you a million times - like
Super Steve Earle
Well-known member
I literally have no idea!
People who confuse figurative and factual literally make my head explode.
"Ohmigod, I was, like, kinda, y'know, like, ohmigod, it was, like, so funny, I like, literally died laughing, ohmigod, I literally wet myself, 'cos, it was, like, literally the funniest thing ever" (last word raised in tone, Aussie-style, as if it was a question).
This seems to be how teenage girls and many young women talk these days
This seems to be how teenage girls and many young women talk these days
Dave the OAP
Well-known member
Starting a sentence with. "So"
Aussies starting a sentence with "ahhh, look..."
Jenowaddameen
Aussies starting a sentence with "ahhh, look..."
Jenowaddameen
Norman Potting
Well-known member
Politicians love "look" to start a sentence. To them it is code for "I am going to avoid answering what you said and give the answer that I want".
I hate the way they have to keep saying "not fit for purpose" and keep on about "once in a generation", unsurprisingly smug Cameron is one of the worst offenders.
StonehamPark
#Brighton-Nil
You literally beat me to it.
While I appreciate the Oxford Dictionary feels it should reflect inaccurate informal usage that has become despicably widespread they should really think about the trouble caused by endorsing or encouraging such use.
In the case of literally I can think of no other suitable word to substitute for literally when I literally mean literally. I suppose I could emphasise the meaning of literally I am after by saying literally literally - but then some latter day Jamie Redknapp would end up popularising the use of literally literally to be "informal Used for extra emphasis while not being literally true: I have received literally literally thousands of letters".