You Literally Sound Stupid
Literally: a crutch word.
Some dictionary "trustees" are adding the “non-literal” version of literally to its offerings. Well-known names such as Merriam and Cambridge have followed in Google’s footsteps by including a meaning that goes something like “used to acknowledge that something isn’t literally true but is used for emphasis or to express a strong feeling.”
Your speech literally becomes less effective, as it is literally lost in the usage of tautological repetitive diction. Many basics literally claim that using, “literally” literally strengthens their sentence because it literally puts an extra emphasis on what they are literally saying "literally" happened. Literally.
Start a new trend, make people aware and help them to stop overusing this adverb. In fact, the English language would survive very well with this word entirely eliminated.
echo literally > /dev/null
Tim Racho@timracho 24 May 16 Please stop saying "literally". #thankyou #stopsayingliterally #literally #clutchwords
Rob Graham@ErrataRob 9 Jun 13 Clapper saying "literally gut wrenching" enrages the writing pedant in me #STOPsayingLITERALLY
Becca@radtattooedmom Mar 28 Someone in the breakroom said “literally” 6 times in her short conversation. 6 times!! I literally can’t make this up. 😂 #stopsayingliterally
Actually you could Becca, so you are also using this adverb incorrectly.
Rick Sadowski@RickS7 4 Nov 17 There is not a more overused and incorrectly used word as “literally.” It’s driving me crazy — but not literally! Yet. #stopsayingliterally
Craig Bourm@mruob928 20 Apr 17 @HiMyNameIsSeton I think you mean figuratively not literally. You say it a lot. Literally, I mean. #stopsayingliterally
Anakin's Lightsaber@skywalker_saber 21 Apr 18 I took a minute and went through my past tweets and saw that I used the word "literally' in 5 posts. That's 5 posts too many. I sincerely apologize. #StopSayingLiterally #IDoNotThinkItMeansWhatYouThinkItMeans
Chelsea Smith@Chelmsmith 12 Feb 15 Does anyone know what literally means? #stopsayingliterally
Matthew Burgess@MatthewtBurgess 7 Apr 15 Overheard in hospital: “I’m literally up to my neck in patients.” No. No you’re not. #stopsayingliterally
Stephen Pallotta@stephenpallotta 20 Mar 13 Even my professors abuse the word literally #stopsayingliterally
Melanie McGovern@mjmcgovern12 15 Apr 15 Did they say "literally" in the 80s? #stopsayingliterally #TheGoldbergs
Answer: No, at least not to such an extent as that asinine and anachronistic television program suggests.
