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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPlease stop using the word "literally"
I hate it, even when it's used properly (which is not often).
Sanity Claws
(21,847 posts)except if I use it properly.
demmiblue
(36,845 posts)dchill
(38,481 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,245 posts)Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Is figuratively still okay, though?
Goodheart
(5,321 posts)MissB
(15,806 posts)everything is literally.
ismnotwasm
(41,976 posts)Oh. Very well.
Blues Heron
(5,931 posts)along with dropping the internal T's in words like "boathouse" (becomes boh'house), vocal fry, weird R sounds in singers etc etc.
Better just acknowledge it, digest it for what it is, because it's here to stay!
Towlie
(5,324 posts)
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SWBTATTReg
(22,114 posts)my use of this word more in the future...take care!
pbmus
(12,422 posts)Something in one word without expounding endlessly...
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Pobeka
(4,999 posts)Yours truly,
A Moran.
ProfessorGAC
(65,010 posts)TwilightZone
(25,470 posts)It means regardless. It's been around for more than 200 years.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless
Cha
(297,187 posts)Goodheart
(5,321 posts)Cha
(297,187 posts)PCIntern
(25,541 posts)Often used incorrectly to replace fame.
tymorial
(3,433 posts)I don't think anyone is going to take your request literally.
42bambi
(1,753 posts)Silent3
(15,210 posts)But if you couldn't care less, it's a mute point, and I'll have to make due, irregardless.
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Hermit-The-Prog
(33,336 posts)dweller
(23,629 posts)Really ..
✌🏻
cherish44
(2,566 posts)that is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Rice4VP
(1,235 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,329 posts)kskiska
(27,045 posts)I thought I was the only one bothered by this (now) meaningless word.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Politicub
(12,165 posts)Ainvoked to convey the overwhelming realness of something can cause people to second guess themselves because theyre worried about being shamed.
Online and verbal conversations arent formal usages of language. If someone is writing an article for publication, then misuse of a word may need to be explored.
Please give people space to express themselves in imperfect ways.
MizLibby
(289 posts)if only they hadn't filed for bankruptcy protection.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)That word makes my teeth grind.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,181 posts)But hate it when its not.
Makes me want to kill somebody.
Figuratively.
LeftInTX
(25,288 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Than how others speak.
Wish I had few enough problems that I could be concerned about such minutiae.
KentuckyWoman
(6,679 posts)and earth shattering ... and maybe even epic.
Mason Jars filled with gluten free upcycled rescued materials may have been involved.
Mine is crinkly paper or candy wrappers. Makes me wanna commit something illegal...