Literally
- Adverb
1. Often misused on purpose as a means of mocking a person who overuses the word, or uses it incorrectly.
[ Origin: For some reason, the incorrect usage of literally has always rubbed me the wrong way like a stripper at a club in the bad part of town. ]
- see also
1. Figuratively
2. Totally
- examples
1. "I literally drank so much that I should have died."
"Literally?"
"Yeah, literally"
2. "He's literally the greatest basketball player in the world"
"Your cousin Tommy?"
3. http://evohno.blogspot.com/2010/04/lets-never-go-back.html
Eddie House is literally in a slump.
ReplyDeleteThis literally made me laugh.
ReplyDeleteLiterally reminds me of a routine by one of my favorite comics, David Cross: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ly1UTgiBXM
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