Literally

[UncleRoyBiggins]

With the arrival of Festivus and its tradition of airing of grievances, Is anybody else tired of the word "Literally"?
I am literally seeing the word more and more every day. People literally are using it to try and strengthen their arguments or statements.
It's literally driving me crazy!
A close second would be every question and answer beginning with "SO"

 

[BobPSU92]

 

[SouthHalls410]

I will add these....“at the end of the day,” “moving forward,” and “together we can....”

 

[psuro]

"Literally" is a grossly misused word.
"Like" is a grossly overused word.
Upspeak is irritating
Vocal Fry would be a reason to commit mass murder.
"A ton" used in common language is so reprehensible, the mere discussion of it requires the taking of an epsom salt bath.
"Super" makes everyone sound like an excited 7 year old girl.

 

[Woodpecker]

 

[JerseyLion]

Completely agree. And can’t understand why figuratively get such little use and respect.

 

[nittanyfan333]

I literally have no idea what you’re talking about. Like, literally no clue.

 

[JWB389]

The seemingly recent misuse of the English language that bothers me…..how did “would have” become “would of”? That drives me nuts.

 

[UncleRoyBiggins]

The seemingly recent misuse of the English language that bothers me…..how did “would have” become “would of”? That drives me nuts.

The same goes for me with WOMEN and WOMAN. They are NOT interchangeable!

 

[Woodpecker]

The seemingly recent misuse of the English language that bothers me…..how did “would have” become “would of”? That drives me nuts.

And using alumni as a singular: "I'm a Penn State alumni". No, you're an alumnus or alumnae ... depending on how you identify.

 

[WeAre]

"Literally" is a grossly misused word.
"Like" is grossly overused word.
Upspeak is irritating
Vocal Fry would be a reason for mass murder.
"A ton" used in common language is so reprehensible, the mere discussion of it requires the taking of an epsom salt bath.
"Super" makes everyone sound like an excited 7 year old girl.

Obviously

 

[Schoolie]

"Literally" is a grossly misused word.
"Like" is grossly overused word.
Upspeak is irritating
Vocal Fry would be a reason for mass murder.
"A ton" used in common language is so reprehensible, the mere discussion of it requires the taking of an epsom salt bath.
"Super" makes everyone sound like an excited 7 year old girl.

Shucks, I think it's all malarkey.

 

[Roar More]

A trigger for me is "agree to disagree." Don't tell me what I agree to. I don't agree to disagree that the world is flat. You are wrong and a flippin' idiot!

 

[PhillyBillyReprise]

Actually

 

[OptionBob]

The seemingly recent misuse of the English language that bothers me…..how did “would have” become “would of”? That drives me nuts.

would've

It's not really recent, however. Such usage errors were tested on ACT/SAT exams at least 30 years ago. The same applies to "could of" and " should of" for could have and should have, based solely on pronunciation.

 

[bbrown]

With the arrival of Festivus and its tradition of airing of grievances, Is anybody else tired of the word "Literally"?
I am literally seeing the word more and more every day. People literally are using it to try and strengthen their arguments or statements.
It's literally driving me crazy!
A close second would be every question and answer beginning with "SO"

Obviously

 

[Nohow]

Along similar lines, my pet peeve is people who pronounce the t in “often”, as they think they are being literate rather than ignorant.

 

[PSUJam]

Obviously

Your a better man then me!

 

[JWB389]

I was in a quality training class back when that was a thing. Had an instructor just go off on the term “continuous” improvement saying that’s impossible. The term should be “continual” improvement. I don’t think I’ve used “continuous” since.

 

[ODShowtime]

One time a few years back Big Ben used it in an interview and it really pissed me off and now I hate that word.

 

[PSU73]

Your correct. It happens alot, but, its a mute point. Their never going too change, so most people now just except it irregardless of how its used.

 

[grinagrin]

Your correct. It happens alot, but, its a mute point. Their never going too change, so most people now just except it irregardless of how its used.

I see what you did there.

 

[BobPSU92]

The same goes for me with WOMEN and WOMAN. They are NOT interchangeable!

Yes, they are. Men and women are not interchangeable.

 

[BobPSU92]

I was in a quality training class back when that was a thing. Had an instructor just go off on the term “continuous” improvement saying that’s impossible. The term should be “continual” improvement. I don’t think I’ve used “continuous” since.

 

[psuro]

In s related story….

NFL Films had filmed the Green Bay- Dallas game -The Ice Bowl. The phrase “frozen tundra” was used by John Facenda to describe the conditions.

Lombardi saw an advance version of the film and called up Steve Sabol to yell at him. “Frozen Tundra” is repetitive. If something is a tundra by definition it’s frozen.

NFL films had obtained some game film from both teams and included it in the final version. Lombardi was so pissed he refused to allow them to use the Green Bay game film. So they recut it with all film from the Cowboys. Because they liked “Frozen Tundra”

 

[Nits74]

"Literally" is a grossly misused word.
"Like" is a grossly overused word.
Upspeak is irritating
Vocal Fry would be a reason to commit mass murder.
"A ton" used in common language is so reprehensible, the mere discussion of it requires the taking of an epsom salt bath.
"Super" makes everyone sound like an excited 7 year old girl.

Upspeak, unfortunately, seems to be a never ending pandemic. I hate it.