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| Chrissy wrote: |
First off... diane how do you know about prisoners and tramp-stamping |
Chrissy,
I'm guessing it's a craigslist client
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Oh my head. You guys crack me up.
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louzucaro
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My friend Mike is a chronic mis-user of "literally". At a business meeting, he said, about a friend of his who lives out in the boonies: "I mean, the guy literally lives on the moon!"
Um.
CC, you wanna just confirm really quick that, currently, that's not really possible? Cuz I gave him hell for it.
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bobsouer
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Lou,
That would make him, literally, the man in the moon, huh? 
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louzucaro
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| bobsouer wrote: | | ...literally, the man in the moon, huh? |
heh 
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*Minor threadjack advance warning*
The misuse of "literally" is annoying, but it's so common that I don't let it bother me too much.
What does get my goat every time, though, is the use of "enormity". I've heard sports announcers refer to "the enormity of the crowd" at a game, and yesterday on TV someone congratulated another on the "enormity of your success". "Enormity" does not mean "enormous-ness". It refers specifically to a monstrous evil. *sigh*
Ironically, though, the more a word is used improperly, the more accepted the usage becomes.
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| Quote: | Oh my head. You guys crack me up.
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Moe,
Your head is lookin' a lot like the Don, but it ain't gonna crack.
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Lee Gordon
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| dhouston67 wrote: |
What does get my goat every time, though, is the use of "enormity". I've heard sports announcers refer to "the enormity of the crowd" at a game, and yesterday on TV someone congratulated another on the "enormity of your success". "Enormity" does not mean "enormous-ness". It refers specifically to a monstrous evil. *sigh* |
Also from the world of sports, there are a couple more that really bug me, One is the incorrect use of the word "verse" in place of "versus." The other is not confined to sportscasters but too many of them do it: using "notoriety" and "fame" interchangeably. |
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Deirdre
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Amen to the "notoriety" misuse!
Another one is the idiotic interchangability of "eager" and "anxious".
"We're anxious to see you in our store!!"
why?
Is there a falling ceiling/bad wiring/a decomposing body in the basement?
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louzucaro
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| dhouston67 wrote: |
Ironically, though, the more a word is used improperly, the more accepted the usage becomes. |
Must be...Merriam-Webster def 3 of 4 for 'enormity':
3: the quality or state of being huge : immensity <the>
And D.B. your last post made me LOL. Heh.
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ccpetersen
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| louzucaro wrote: | My friend Mike is a chronic mis-user of "literally". At a business meeting, he said, about a friend of his who lives out in the boonies: "I mean, the guy literally lives on the moon!"
Um.
CC, you wanna just confirm really quick that, currently, that's not really possible? Cuz I gave him hell for it. |
Ain't NOBODY literally living on the Moon at the moment... I think your friend meant "figuratively".... which puts the guy On the Moon with Alice Kramden, but not really.
Make sense?
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