It annoys me when people use "literally" when they obviously mean "figuratively".
By
Ralph Leyland
on July 01, 2007
"Michael Jordan is literally flying down the court!"
No, he's not. Stop saying that.
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My psychology teacher did that alot. It made Freud a little more interesing. After learning that "to a climber, a mountain is literally a penis", I considered hitting her over the head with a table to see if her Id would fall out.
When people use "literally" in that sense, aren't they just making use of hyperbole?
That may be, but it doesn't make it any less annoying.
It drives me up the wall, figuratively speaking.
Ha!
Please add tags, "pedantry, language, English".
Whoa. This claim opens up a whole new seam of commentator annoyance related claims.
"It's very exciting" say pollitical commentators
"groundbreaking" say literary commentators
"superb midfield play" say football commentators.
Yes. Agree. Makes me see red. Literally.
Have you thought about getting that checked by a doctor? That sounds bad.
Nah, it's all in good humour! Figuratively ;)