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9 minutes ago, Shadeknight said:

what is this thread even about.

 

Originally? The Future.

 

Then Madness.

 

Then linguistic pet peeves ...

 

... which brings me to something I'm not certain if I've posted here before so I'm going to anyway because it riffs on my personal disdain for the colloquial perversion of the word "literally," particularly when I catch myself doing it because I adopt colloquial patterns very quickly and automatically as a result of a lifetime of nomadic tendencies and work related travel.

 

I've even taken to intentionally using "figuratively" or "proverbially" as a replacement ... when I don't slip.

 

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/like-and-literally-make-a-deal

 

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1 hour ago, InvaderStych said:

 

Originally? The Future.

 

Then Madness.

 

Then linguistic pet peeves ...

 

... which brings me to something I'm not certain if I've posted here before so I'm going to anyway because it riffs on my personal disdain for the colloquial perversion of the word "literally," particularly when I catch myself doing it because I adopt colloquial patterns very quickly and automatically as a result of a lifetime of nomadic tendencies and work related travel.

 

I've even taken to intentionally using "figuratively" or "proverbially" as a replacement ... when I don't slip.

 

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/like-and-literally-make-a-deal

 

I'm literally dying of figurative laughter at the moment...

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I don't eat breakfast anymore, but if I did, this thread would have perfectly accented a morning bowl of Raisin Nut Bran.  Well done, forum, well done.

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Oh Yeah was by Yello.

 

Yello did the soundtrack for the Adventures of Ford Fairlane

 

Wayne Newtons was in that.

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17 hours ago, InvaderStych said:

 

Originally? The Future.

 

Then Madness.

 

Then linguistic pet peeves ...

 

... which brings me to something I'm not certain if I've posted here before so I'm going to anyway because it riffs on my personal disdain for the colloquial perversion of the word "literally," particularly when I catch myself doing it because I adopt colloquial patterns very quickly and automatically as a result of a lifetime of nomadic tendencies and work related travel.

 

I've even taken to intentionally using "figuratively" or "proverbially" as a replacement ... when I don't slip.

 

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/like-and-literally-make-a-deal

 

I like the word allegedly.

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