Doesn't drive you crazy when people ue the term 'literally' incorrectly??
Like "My head LITERALLY exploded!!" or "My jaw LITERALLY dropped to the ground!!"
2007-10-02 16:56:46 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Haha I'm glad no-ones noticed yet what a hypocrite I am!!
Of course I don't go LITERALLY crazy lol
2007-10-02 17:13:29 · update #1
paperboy II:
Huh? What do you mean...?
2007-10-02 18:30:53 · update #2
well i luv exaggeration so i dunno! its hilarious! cuz i always 'have a stroke' foreal girl lol!
2007-10-02 16:59:21 · answer #1 · answered by msblack23 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a pet peeve of mine. I'm glad that there are people like ou out there who think the same way.
P.S. if I was one of those ignorant people you wrote about, my e-mail may have looked something like this:
"yeah those people litterally drive me crazy" I'd have several questions for them, incluing 'Oh really idiot?' 'In what type of car do they drive you?' ' Where do you end up?' ' Why don't you figure out the meaning of the word before you use it so haphazzardly?' The English language is dying a slow death.
2007-10-02 17:13:38 · answer #2 · answered by MikeyG 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That suitcase must have been the smallest apt. in the city. There is one other word that is worse. A word so heinous, overused, and trite that it makes me cringe when I hear people say it...... 'awesome' I heard a middle aged woman say the word four times in four consecutive sentences when describing her new backyard. Let's all agree as English speaking people everywhere to restrict our use of the word to when taking about stuff like the Grand Canyon. .
2016-04-07 01:26:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
never really thought about it. But ya. it is misused, because literally means it actually happened. like if u said my head literally exploded. u literally wouldnt be standing here lol. But ya. its misused a lot. and i think i spelled misused wrong. mis used. hmm. oh well
2007-10-02 17:01:05 · answer #4 · answered by lilmomma86 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, people just use it that way sometimes. What drives me crazy is when they use literally...literally 800 times per sentence. Hehe.
(Literally!)
2007-10-02 17:00:35 · answer #5 · answered by Cody 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know a self-published author who literally died - and the world is a better place for it too!!
2007-10-02 17:07:37 · answer #6 · answered by Joe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're not being used incorrectly - they are just accentuating the emotion behind their statements. Don't take things so literally!
2007-10-02 17:00:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nothing drives me crazy, I walked there a long time ago.
2007-10-02 16:59:16 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean, I think it suposed to be a term meaning 'actully' but sometimes people can waaay over exagerate(sry bout the spelling).
2007-10-02 17:03:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I LITERALLY peed my pants laughing so hard at this question....oh wait I think I have said too much
2007-10-02 17:00:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I'm usually amazed that they know a word that big to worry about if they are using it properly.
2007-10-02 17:51:57 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋