People who say 'literally' when they mean 'actually'.

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People who say 'literally' when they mean 'actually'.

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Post by DarkZero » Tue May 24, 2011 8:20 pm

inb4 someone doing this very thing.
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Post by LOOT » Tue May 24, 2011 8:34 pm

Okay.
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Post by Booyakasha » Tue May 24, 2011 10:14 pm

Amuses me more than it bothers me. I had a friend at work tell me the other day that some show had him 'literally glued to [his] seat'---seemed like more effort to correct him than would ever be worthwhile, plus the imagery had me chuckling.
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Post by Rainbow Dash » Tue May 24, 2011 10:52 pm

yeah i don't care about how it's used
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Post by Antisocial » Wed May 25, 2011 2:57 am

I literally meant that figuratively.
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Post by CaptHayfever » Wed May 25, 2011 3:24 am

[quote="DarkZero]People who say 'literally' when they mean 'figuratively'.[/quote"] Fixed for accuracy.

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Post by MeowMan » Wed May 25, 2011 8:30 am

I have a friend that does this all of the time. I find it very annoying.
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Post by Deepfake » Wed May 25, 2011 9:10 am

Actual meaning = Literal meaning. Nice going there.
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Post by Ace Mercury » Wed May 25, 2011 11:23 am

I use it ironically. I'm afraid I'm turning into a hipster.
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Post by Bomby » Wed May 25, 2011 11:28 am

^ Pssh. If you were really a hipster you'd know that coincidence is the new irony.
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Post by LOOT » Wed May 25, 2011 12:08 pm

I used to be "ironic" before it got all mainstream. Now I just sit in my parent's basement drinking PBR and crying myself to sleep.
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Post by Dux is not you » Wed May 25, 2011 12:24 pm

Loot wrote:I used to be "ironic" before it got all mainstream. Now I just sit in my parent's basement drinking PBR and crying myself to sleep.
Literally.

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Post by CaptHayfever » Thu May 26, 2011 2:10 am

^^^Don't you think?

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Post by Marilink » Thu May 26, 2011 9:03 am

That's always bugged me (that is, when people say "literally" instead of "figuratively." Since that's actually what you meant). That's why I loved it when there was a How I Met Your Mother episode with that as its subplot.
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Post by DarkZero » Thu May 26, 2011 9:27 am

People who say "actually" when they mean "figuratively"?

The whole thing arose due to an episode of Conan where he interviews Rainn Wilson, commenting on Will Ferrell joining The Office, during which Rainn says something along of the lines of "...and he literally called him up and said...", which I'm fairly certain is inaccurate.

Also, HIMYM wins.
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Post by heh » Thu May 26, 2011 4:18 pm

i literally do this all the time and laugh at people who get indignant over it

its like people literally don't understand slang, sarcasm, or that people sometimes use words for reasons other then their definition.
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Post by Dux is not you » Thu May 26, 2011 4:56 pm

I'm literally replying to this thread right now.
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Post by DarkZero » Thu May 26, 2011 5:13 pm

It's a good thing I inb4'd.
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Post by heh » Fri May 27, 2011 3:29 am

DarkZero wrote:It's a good thing I inb4'd.
you realize that literally and actually are synonyms right

(obviously not)
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Post by Apiary Tazy » Fri May 27, 2011 4:08 am

OH HEY SOMEONE WHO DISAGREES WITH THE REST OF US OVER GRAMMATICAL ERRORS, LET'S MAKE HIM LOOK DUMB.

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