@sapinker Huh? Doesn't "literally" mean "less figuratively than you might expect", so "I literally died" is stronger than "I died".
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@sapinker This is a huge pet peeve of mine!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker THANK YOU! I knew I wasn't alone with this pet peeve. "Literally" seems to have been diluted down to almost nothingThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@kristinalford O what a woven webly tangle this language richness is! Thank goodness! &then there's flammable+inflammable! Pfeuff!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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This is *wonderful*. The history of "literally" - http://bit.ly/15d9kQn (via
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@sapinker@OliverKamm in#colemanballs, snooker spectators "literally electrified and glued to their seats". Stuck with it I'm afraid.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker all very well, but if you use 'literally' that way you will appear stupid.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker 'Literally' should have two different meanings or less.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker But, of course, 'misuse' in language points towards an expressive need.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I literally have steam coming out of my ears. Not figurative steam. Real steam.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker But it's being used as an exclamation. It's only by coincidence that the usage is correct.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker@OliverKamm I literally freaked out when I read this!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker: When he said "I literally died" I literally exploded! http://bit.ly/15d9kQn ” Good article on language via@OliverKamm -
@JAHarley@sapinker@OliverKamm Of course, Jamie Redknapp is the master, e.g. "In his youth, Michael Owen was literally a greyhound." :-)
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@sapinker: ... If this is your reaction to "literally" used figuratively, see http://bit.ly/15d9kQn ” @NelpasNelpas this bugs me so much!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker The word, now bloated, has sunk and hit the seafloor. Need a substitute swimmer.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I think people use literally without realizing they are using it mean figuratively. The literal meaning of literal is being lost.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker I'm okay with literally. Though 'coukd care less' does about me,since its meaning is the opposite, and only used in USA?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sapinker Reminds me of the perpetual arguments over the word 'theory'.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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