Posted: 8/8/2017 2:01:40 PM EDT
| Is literally the most overused word in the literal world. |
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I had a real d-bag former coworker who used that word exhaustively and mostly out of context.
"LIT-ruh-lee" I think he thought it made him sound smart when it actually made him sound like the fucking idiot he was and still is. I still cringe every time I hear it. That and "Amazing". |
| My wife overuses it quite a bit, generally in the incorrect context. She'll say something like "I literally ran to the store." I'll correct her and say "did you literally run to the store, or did you actually run to the store?" She just tells me to shut up, but she's slowed down a bit in her usage of it thanks to me being awesome. |
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My wife overuses it quite a bit, generally in the incorrect context. She'll say something like "I literally ran to the store." I'll correct her and say "did you literally run to the store, or did you actually run to the store?" She just tells me to shut up, but she's slowed down a bit in her usage of it thanks to me being awesome. 
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I had a real d-bag former coworker who used that word exhaustively and mostly out of context. "LIT-ruh-lee" I think he thought it made him sound smart when it actually made him sound like the fucking idiot he was and still is. I still cringe every time I hear it. That and "Amazing". |
| Thanks for saving me the trouble. |
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Yeah, I think it has become a Millennial catch-phrase. I cringe when I hear it used now....It ranks right up there with "concerned".  I hear "in theory" slung around just as much, if not more. Literally |
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Right, because Gen Xers, and boomers never said it lol I hear "in theory" slung around just as much, if not more. Literally No. We were saying "Like" like too much. My Millennial kid says literally all the damn time and not in the right context most of the time. Her: I was literally driving down the road and... Me: So you weren't figuratively driving down the road, you were on the actual road, in your car driving? Her: Yes...what does that have to do with anything? Anyway, I was literally driving and this guy, he just literally cuts me off, like literally inches from my bumper?! Me: Yes, because if he was figuratively cutting you off that might not be as big of a deal and figuratively being inches away might be something else. Her: It doesn't sound like you're taking me seriously. I literally almost wrecked! Me: Yes. It does not sound like a figurative situation. |