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― 乒乓, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 20:37 (ten years ago) link
sweet domain name tho
― markers, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 20:39 (ten years ago) link
aa.com/literallyflybetter
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 15 August 2013 01:19 (ten years ago) link
they used it correctly!
― fit and working again, Thursday, 15 August 2013 01:40 (ten years ago) link
what does "quite literally" mean, though? "actually literally" or "completely literally"?
that copy reads like: "hey, look, we're using 'literally' in the literal sense here, not figuratively as an intensive."
― slugbuggy, Thursday, 15 August 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link
'you would be surprised how literally'
― j., Thursday, 15 August 2013 15:21 (ten years ago) link
literally literally
― I tweeted too much and I am in jail. (crüt), Thursday, 15 August 2013 15:21 (ten years ago) link
what does it mean to literally raise the bar
― 乒乓, Thursday, 15 August 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
The bar, it is in the air. When once it was on the ground.
― emil.y, Thursday, 15 August 2013 15:26 (ten years ago) link
Problem is that if you do read that sentence with 'literally raising the bar' actually being literal, it stops making sense. 'We're quite literally raising the bar' is fine. Adding '...on what flying should be' only makes sense if you're being figurative.
― emil.y, Thursday, 15 August 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
"We are serving you alcohol while in the air on what flying should be"? Nope.
"Our booze is served during the journey on what flying should be"? Nuh-uh.
"Look how high our drinks are on what flying should be"? Noooooo.
― emil.y, Thursday, 15 August 2013 15:29 (ten years ago) link
maybe there is a giant immobilizing metal bar resting on one of their planes and "what flying should be" is yodaspeak for "what should be flying"
― I tweeted too much and I am in jail. (crüt), Thursday, 15 August 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
it makes sense, but it's pretty corny... reminds me of some bad pun Bob Saget would use on America's Funniest Home Videos. i read it like "we're literally raising the bar! on what flying should be". cue goofy music and canned audience laughter as a drunk passenger stumbles around and vomits on an old lady.
― Spectrum, Thursday, 15 August 2013 15:36 (ten years ago) link
* laughs *
― BIG HOOS aka the denigrated boogeyman (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 15 August 2013 15:52 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPz4mKHd0FE
― In the airplane over the .CSS (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 15 August 2013 16:04 (ten years ago) link
The thing is that when I hear the world 'literally' used like this in the wild, person is nearly always saying something enthusiastic, impressed, excited or good humoured
― cardamon, Friday, 16 August 2013 00:20 (ten years ago) link
i thought this was a good one. there is a hotel in boston whose restaurant is called the ruby room, and suitably the decor is all red. the section for corporate events is headed:
Meetings that will have you seeing red. Well, not literally.
so precisely and completely wrong, really an accomplishment
― Roberto Spiralli, Saturday, 7 December 2013 22:49 (ten years ago) link
idk you could be blind & irascible
― veneer timber (imago), Saturday, 7 December 2013 23:05 (ten years ago) link
Palm trees, ivory beaches and a languid lifestyle: to outsiders, the South Pacific lives up to its paradise image. But the islanders themselves are weighed down by problems – literally. The region has the world's highest obesity rates, along with associated chronic diseases.
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 11 July 2014 23:02 (nine years ago) link
it means "listen to me"
― brimstead, Friday, 11 July 2014 23:06 (nine years ago) link
literally one month ago
― calstars, Monday, 28 May 2018 03:01 (five years ago) link
https://ig.me/am8rz2YnB48osC
― calstars, Wednesday, 25 July 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
The misuse of "literally" is most often an attempt at hyperbole, in the mistaken belief that overstating the truth makes one's misstatements stronger and more persuasive.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 25 July 2018 03:56 (five years ago) link
LITERALLY vs ACTUALLY vs Just say it vs Shut up
― calstars, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
posters itt are literally cops
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 17:11 (five years ago) link
literal lol
― j., Wednesday, 24 April 2019 18:42 (five years ago) link