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Apparently this isn't a new phenomenon. This was a fun read from M-W:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-a ... -literally
The use of literally in a fashion that is hyperbolic or metaphoric is not new—evidence of this use dates back to 1769. Its inclusion in a dictionary isn't new either; the entry for literally in our 1909 unabridged dictionary states that the word is “often used hyperbolically; as, he literally flew.” We (and all the other “craven dictionary editors”) have included this definition for a very simple reason: a lot of people use it this way, and our entries are based on evidence of use. Furthermore, the fact that so many people are writing angry letters serves as a sort of secondhand evidence, as they would hardly be complaining about this usage if it had not become common.
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peskydonut wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:28 am

Apparently this isn't a new phenomenon. This was a fun read from M-W:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-a ... -literally
The use of literally in a fashion that is hyperbolic or metaphoric is not new—evidence of this use dates back to 1769. Its inclusion in a dictionary isn't new either; the entry for literally in our 1909 unabridged dictionary states that the word is “often used hyperbolically; as, he literally flew.” We (and all the other “craven dictionary editors”) have included this definition for a very simple reason: a lot of people use it this way, and our entries are based on evidence of use. Furthermore, the fact that so many people are writing angry letters serves as a sort of secondhand evidence, as they would hardly be complaining about this usage if it had not become common.
Aaaaaahh dammit! The dictionary people are in on it too. :?
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yinzburgher wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:39 am
Aaaaaahh dammit! The dictionary people are in on it too. :?
I literally had to cover the bases by looking up the definition of "literally."


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yinzburgher wrote: Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:43 am I was thinking about posting something here and then that damn @peskydonut beat me to it in the mistake of the day thread. I'm normally not too concerned with errors in the speech or writing of others. My own posts here are littered with spelling and grammatical errors. But I think we may have reached peak misuse of the word "literally." I started noticing it a couple years ago but in the past few months I hear the word all the time and rarely is it being used correctly. Not long ago I heard a presidential candidate say that we are going to have to "literally put the world back together," which implies to me that the earth has broken into pieces. Then a few days ago I heard a new reporter say that someone was "literally living high off the hog," once again using literally to describe figurative language. Those are just two recent examples but I hear people use the word A LOT. It can apparently mean figuratively, metaphorically, really, actually, virtually, very or it can just be used as a filler world if you don't know what else to say. Serious question......Do anyone know how this happened? Maybe a cultural moment that I missed but others are aware of. How can a word come to mean its opposite or come to have no real meaning in such a short amount of time? To be completely honest, my big fear is that I hear it so much that I just start using the word in the same way.

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Only if you count "short amount of time" as 300 years.

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I got a chuckle out of this one
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Hold on.
The blue Alpinist dropped down to $450 and we all missed that?!?
Or is Seiko pulling a "Jomashop" by posting a low price on an out of stock item?


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TheJohnP wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2019 12:19 pm Hold on.
The blue Alpinist dropped down to $450 and we all missed that?!?
Or is Seiko pulling a "Jomashop" by posting a low price on an out of stock item?


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I don't like the green/gold combo on the regular Alpinist. But I love the blue/polished stainless look of this version.

Good thing it's not $450, or I would be tempted. :phew:
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I feel like my father more and more each day.

At the eye doc today. Prescription for glasses. But only really need them for reading and night driving. Also have some tiny cataracts forming.

Being 40+ is awesome. :lol:
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ManOnTime wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 1:50 pm I feel like my father more and more each day.

At the eye doc today. Prescription for glasses. But only really need them for reading and night driving. Also have some tiny cataracts forming.

Being 40+ is awesome. :lol:
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Work is insanely busy right now. I am working late evenings every night for the last two weeks and this week as well. Really making it tough to make family time which we really value around the holiday season. We'll survive fine, but man is it annoying. Haven't even been out to see Christmas lights yet.
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cortman wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:24 pm Work is insanely busy right now. I am working late evenings every night for the last two weeks and this week as well. Really making it tough to make family time which we really value around the holiday season. We'll survive fine, but man is it annoying. Haven't even been out to see Christmas lights yet.
Know what you mean...I am kind of in the same place, only next week off should help.
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watchpalooza wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 4:20 pm
cortman wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:24 pm Work is insanely busy right now. I am working late evenings every night for the last two weeks and this week as well. Really making it tough to make family time which we really value around the holiday season. We'll survive fine, but man is it annoying. Haven't even been out to see Christmas lights yet.
Know what you mean...I am kind of in the same place, only next week off should help.
I'm hoping to get the same but I can't be guaranteed of it if stuff doesn't get done. Doesn't help that my team is criminally understaffed and burdened with a useless lout of a guy the higher ups won't fire.
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The Sultan of SoWhat wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 2:04 pm
ManOnTime wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2019 1:50 pm I feel like my father more and more each day.

At the eye doc today. Prescription for glasses. But only really need them for reading and night driving. Also have some tiny cataracts forming.

Being 40+ is awesome. :lol:
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I had it done 1 1/2 years go, and for the first time in a zillion decades, I could see without glasses or contacts.

As soon as the doc suggests it, I'll do it. He says it's a few years away.
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Having travelled all throughout this great nation, stopping at countless gas stations, supermarkets and convenience stores, I have concluded and do declare:

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FedEx Smartpost: When it absolutely, positively has to be there at some indefinite point in the future whenever we feel like delivering it.

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