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July 13, 2008

Use It Correctly!

I literally will kill the next person who literally uses "literally" incorrectly in a sentence.  When did it become the go-to word?

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Seriously.

Some comic (Dane Cook? David Cross?) has a funny bit about that in his stand-up act. Someone is telling a story where they "literally s**t their pants" and someone says, "Really? You LITERALLY s**t your pants?" And the person says, "No, I didn't ACTUALLY s**t my pants, I said I LITERALLY s**t my pants." What can you do? I am also sick of hearing "you threw me under the bus" and "random" (which is also mis-used and over-used.) Good luck with your literal murder, Jo!

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