Literally misused
Did you notice the sign Steven made for the Chicago Marathon?
“You’re Kicking AssPhalt… Literally”
One of our biggest pet peeves is when the word “literally” is misused. It happens A LOT. The example I always think of is when someone says “my cell phone was literally blowing up” (referring to getting a lot of calls or texts). No. It was not. If it was literally blowing up, it probably would have blown your ear off, and you would be talking about that instead. It was figuratively blowing up (even then, that’s a dumb thing to say).
We sometimes say something then add “literally” to the end of it just to be ridiculous/funny.
Do you notice people misusing “literally”? Do you misuse it? Do you notice other misuses of the English language? Do you notice misuse of idioms?
We notice a lot of things. Like when people say “I could care less” but mean “I couldn’t care less.” If you could care less it means you actually care a bit, and what would be the point of saying that? Also, Steven recently looked up what “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush” really means and now realizes most people are misusing it.
I found this funny post on another blogger’s site where she mentions some of the ones that bother her. Do you notice any of those?
I bet there are some phrases I misuse and don’t even know it! We just hear something being said a certain way and start saying it that way (like saying “suppose to” when it should be “supposed to”) OR a phrase becomes so misused that people don’t even realize what the true meaning is of it!
Not related, but I love this photo Carla’s fiance, Karl, took of me during the race. It was right after I told him Carla stopped to use the bathroom but was a few minutes behind me.
I saw Karl a few times during the race. He was easy to spot. Wonder why?
The balloon! Ha ha. (I took this photo)