"It literally killed me."

[Pegasus]

No, no it didn't.  If it had, you wouldn't be posting about it on Facebook.

 

*whew*

 

Had to get that off my chest.  

 

Thank you.

[displace]

Unless they were technically dead?

[Mergath]

Was it Jon Snow?

[happypamama]

This word you keep using. . . I do not think it means what you think it means. . .

 

:P

[plansrme]

One of my (many) pet grammar peeves.   "I literally laughed my head off" is another favorite.  No, Sweetness, you did not literally laugh your head off.

[theelfqueen]

To be honest, this is one of my favorite things about WTM boards -- people can spell.

 

[Tanaqui]

We've literally been using the word as an intensifier ever since we stopped using it to refer exclusively to letters. If you don't gripe when people use "really" to refer to things that aren't "real" (it really killed me) or "truly" to refer to things that aren't true (truly, I'm wounded), then you should join with Mark Twain and Dickens and other writers of that caliber and stop peeving.

[Guest]

I'm okay with a lot of uses of 'literally', but attached to 'dead' is beyond what I can handle. It's like 'irregardless', where I begin questioning the intelligence of the person using it.

 

*twitch twitch!*

Edited May 12, 2016 by Arctic Mama

[happypamama]

To be honest, this is one of my favorite things about WTM boards -- people can spell.

My teenager complained today about the CAT online standardized test: "Come on, people, if you're going to have a STANDARDIZED TEST, you should check for typos."

[displace]

Irregardless is my favorite. :) I wonder if by using irregardlessly in a sentence around here, you would make someone literally bust a vein. :d

That may literally kill them.

[zoobie]

Unless they were technically dead?

Or mostly dead.

[theelfqueen]

It might make me send diet coke through my nasal cavity.

[Pegasus]

 you should join with Mark Twain and Dickens and other writers of that caliber and stop peeving.

 

I'm literally not of that caliber so I'll continue peeving.   :lol:

[MrsMommy]

Every time I see someone use literally that way, I think of this sign and chuckle. :)

[Guest]

:laugh:  I use literally ironically all the time. It's understood.

[Lucy the Valiant]

My all-time favorite variation is "literately" - "He literately came to a complete stop."   (How? Was he reading? Perhaps reciting an excerpt from Homer? May I watch the next time he does it? How were his literate stops different from his illiterate ones?)

 

 

:lol:

[Murphy101]

I'd have to note she must be really disappointed to discover that the afterlife is just more of this life.

[Lucy the Valiant]

Supposably they're doing it, for all intensive purposes, for affect. It's a literary device. Der. :p

 

Me eyes, me eyes!

[Daria]

I teach in a Catholic school, and one of our theology teachers talks about how the Bible should be interpreted "literally" by which they mean "as a work of literature".  So, the story of Adam and Eve should be read "literally", that is to say, it should be read as a fable and not as an actual historical account.  It kind of makes my head spin.

 

Maybe your facebook friend died "literally" as interpreted by my theology teacher.  For example, maybe they were given a potion by a priest that caused them to appear dead for 42 hours, and were locked in a tomb with their actually dead (he died in a previous act after all) cousin Tybalt, to wait for a visit from their secret husband.  According to our theology teacher, that would be "literally dead".  

[Jean in Newcastle]

[El...]

Supposably they're doing it, for all intensive purposes, for affect. It's a literary device. Der. :p

Ow, ow, ow!  :lol:

[melbotoast]

[momof4babes]

Facebook drives me crazy sometimes!

 

 

I recently saw " Are new puppy" and "Flustrated". De-thaw makes me cringe.

[happypamama]

Facebook drives me crazy sometimes!

 

 

I recently saw " Are new puppy" and "Flustrated". De-thaw makes me cringe.

I am hoping that "flustrated" was a typo.  Or maybe a new portmanteau of "flustered" and "frustrated;" I could see that one.  But "are new puppy??"  That's not even a complicated word!  ACK!!

 

Word crimes, indeed.

[Alice]

 

 

I was just about to post this! It's my kids new favorite thing. All the Captain Literally ones are hysterical. I hear "balance restored" about 100 times a day now. 

[plansrme]

Would this be a good time to relay the story of the very sincere woman in our Sunday school class many, many years ago, who told us all that she was figuratively lying "prostate" at Jesus' feet?

[gardenmom5]

I'm okay with a lot of uses of 'literally', but attached to 'dead' is beyond what I can handle. It's like 'irregardless', where I begin questioning the intelligence of the person using it.

 

*twitch twitch!*

But irregardless is a double negative. Does that mean when someone says irregardless they really mean 'regard'?

[Daria]

I once went to a funeral for a man who was literally dead, or so I thought until I read in the order of service that he had gone home to lead an immoral life with Jesus.  

[fairfarmhand]

This is what I thought of.

 

 

[StephanieZ]

OK, how about "try and ____ " when people mean try TO . . . 

 

Drives me insane, and I see it published in all sorts of places. 

 

 

[Debbi in Texas]

Just a few minutes ago, I saw a Facebook post that said, "I have a saprize for my kids when they get home."

 

Made me want to poke my eye out.

[OneStepAtATime]

Soooo glad I clicked on this thread... I literately died laughing...

[Daria]

Soooo glad I clicked on this thread... I literately died laughing...

I am so sorry. Is there someplace I can donate in the loo of flowers?

[melbotoast]

This one's good too :)

 

[mathnerd]

No, no it didn't.  If it had, you wouldn't be posting about it on Facebook.

 

*whew*

Maybe they have Facebook in the afterlife too. You literally don't know.

[creekland]

I dunno... I gotta say I'm literally glad these types of things (hyperbole or typos) don't bother me - esp on a message board of any type.  Graded or published writing would be different.

 

I wonder what makes us different?  (General "us" - those who cringe vs those who wonder why anyone would cringe)

[ErinE]

I like the word flustrated-flustered and frustrated. I think I'm going to start using it.

[DawnM]

I am figuratively dying of laughter over here!

[Bluegoat]

To be honest, this is one of my favorite things about WTM boards -- people can spell.

 

Well, I can't.

 

I am a really terrible speller, and I am a lot better than I used to be.  I often don't even see that there is something wrong.

[Bluegoat]

Irregardless is my favorite. :) I wonder if by using irregardlessly in a sentence around here, you would make someone literally bust a vein. :D

 

 

I actually quite like the way irregardless sounds - it is a nice combination in the mouth. 

 

I also like "For all intensive purposes."  I have a very visual image of what an intensive purpose would be like.

[Professormom]

I am so glad y'all started this thread. I don't feel too good this morning and am literally cracking up over here. But that's a mute point. I think I'll go aks the kids if they have seen the Captain Literally video. :D: :leaving:

[OneStepAtATime]

I dunno... I gotta say I'm literally glad these types of things (hyperbole or typos) don't bother me - esp on a message board of any type.  Graded or published writing would be different.

 

I wonder what makes us different?  (General "us" - those who cringe vs those who wonder why anyone would cringe)

Well, I'm not cringing, I'm laughing but I do wonder why some cringe, some don't care, and some are rolling all over the floor (probably some overlap there :) ).  My dad was a totally doesn't care/laughs kind of guy.  My mom is a cringe/laughs kind of gal.  

[theelfqueen]

I am so glad y'all started this thread. I don't feel too good this morning and am literally cracking up over here. But that's a mute point. I think I'll go aks the kids if they have seen the Captain Literally video. :D: :leaving:

 

 

No, it's a Moo Point. Like a Cow's opinion. :)

 

My personal teeth-grinders are: suppose instead of supposed "I'm suppose to" and of in place of 've "I would of".

[creekland]

Well, I'm not cringing, I'm laughing but I do wonder why some cringe, some don't care, and some are rolling all over the floor (probably some overlap there :) ).  My dad was a totally doesn't care/laughs kind of guy.  My mom is a cringe/laughs kind of gal.  

 

Note I never said I wasn't laughing.  ;)  

 

We (my family) can have quite the enjoyable time seeing some of these when they happen.  We just don't cringe unless they are in more formal writing (like when my school district sends home a notice to parents that hasn't been proofread enough).

[OneStepAtATime]

Note I never said I wasn't laughing.   ;)

 

We (my family) can have quite the enjoyable time seeing some of these when they happen.  We just don't cringe unless they are in more formal writing (like when my school district sends home a notice to parents that hasn't been proofread enough).

:)  Yeah, I'm the same way.

 

My neighbor when I was a kid was the seriously cringing and definitely NOT laughing type.  She was a super nice lady but she scared me to death.  Every time I opened my mouth with her around I would second guess what I was saying. Make a slip and I was  :scared: inside as she strongly corrected me.  I guess it really mattered a lot to her.  

[Janeway]

Picture in post below

Edited May 12, 2016 by Janeway

[Janeway]

Saw this the other day

[Peach]

I am wiping my eyes over here...literally!  Texasmom you are my new hero. :biggrinjester:

[creekland]

Saw this the other day

 

I think those questions are testing for honesty.  They weed out compulsive liars.   :lol:

[Jean in Newcastle]

Saw this the other day

 

That's how they find the zombies.  :zombie: :zombiechase: