I'm getting tired of hearing literally used
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I'll have to literally find the King of Queens episode where Doug's old GF says "literally" every sentence!
This thread is the ginchiest .
I literally, totally love "ginchiest". It's an adjective.
And I thought "dis" meant "disrespect". Now, something I really do not like is the way "he dissed him or that" means "he levied disrespect" toward something.
A stinking political ad featured one candidate's opposition to a war we were in and characterized said opposition as "disrespecting" a soldier's service.
That's a complete lie on the part of the ad writers. We're so well fed here we should be smarter. On average, we're not.
And I thought "dis" meant "disrespect". Now, something I really do not like is the way "he dissed him or that" means "he levied disrespect" toward something.
A stinking political ad featured one candidate's opposition to a war we were in and characterized said opposition as "disrespecting" a soldier's service.
That's a complete lie on the part of the ad writers. We're so well fed here we should be smarter. On average, we're not.
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How about, "You know what I'm talking about!"
No, I don't know because: 1. I am not a mind reader, 2. you haven't made a complete, structured sentence, 3. nor have you placed the discussion in any context.
No, I don't know because: 1. I am not a mind reader, 2. you haven't made a complete, structured sentence, 3. nor have you placed the discussion in any context.
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Originally Posted By: MolaKule
How about, "You know what I'm talking about!"
No, I don't know because: 1. I am not a mind reader, 2. you haven't made a complete, structured sentence, 3. nor have you placed the discussion in any context.
Na mean?
How about, "You know what I'm talking about!"
No, I don't know because: 1. I am not a mind reader, 2. you haven't made a complete, structured sentence, 3. nor have you placed the discussion in any context.
Na mean?
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Or the new 3.8 GPA engineer, big time university - and you get:
"And I was like, and she was like, and he was like" -
ugh ...
"And I was like, and she was like, and he was like" -
ugh ...
Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Originally Posted By: turtlevette
Why wouldn't I be literall?
And isn't it especially annoying when those high school kids can't even manage to spell the word they are using?
I get annoyed by guys who claim to be engineers or scientists because they merely own a business. They can't fool real engineers and scientists though.
I absolutely hate fakers. Spelling errors are way way down on the list.
Originally Posted By: turtlevette
Why wouldn't I be literall?
And isn't it especially annoying when those high school kids can't even manage to spell the word they are using?
I get annoyed by guys who claim to be engineers or scientists because they merely own a business. They can't fool real engineers and scientists though.
I absolutely hate fakers. Spelling errors are way way down on the list.
Relax! While annoying, this type of thing simply means the language is alive and evolving. If you want a dead language, learn Latin, it's the same now as it was a thousand years ago.
Originally Posted By: KrisZ
Relax! While annoying, this type of thing simply means the language is alive and evolving. If you want a dead language, learn Latin, it's the same now as it was a thousand years ago.
I think that's mostly true...but I think there are a lot more instances of "mediaspeak" changes than there were a generation ago. An example would be sympathy and empathy...empathy is now often used as just being another form of sympathy and not employing any specifically-related emotion to it as it's been used in the past. You hear "I empathize with you" instead of the proper "I sympathize with you". That drives me nuts.
Relax! While annoying, this type of thing simply means the language is alive and evolving. If you want a dead language, learn Latin, it's the same now as it was a thousand years ago.
I think that's mostly true...but I think there are a lot more instances of "mediaspeak" changes than there were a generation ago. An example would be sympathy and empathy...empathy is now often used as just being another form of sympathy and not employing any specifically-related emotion to it as it's been used in the past. You hear "I empathize with you" instead of the proper "I sympathize with you". That drives me nuts.
Originally Posted By: KrisZ
Relax! While annoying, this type of thing simply means the language is alive and evolving. If you want a dead language, learn Latin, it's the same now as it was a thousand years ago.
It's not as simple as that. English SKILLS have lessened in favor of catch phrases and slang. The younger crowd has difficulty forming coherent sentences or proper spelling. That's not "evolving". It's going backwards.
Relax! While annoying, this type of thing simply means the language is alive and evolving. If you want a dead language, learn Latin, it's the same now as it was a thousand years ago.
It's not as simple as that. English SKILLS have lessened in favor of catch phrases and slang. The younger crowd has difficulty forming coherent sentences or proper spelling. That's not "evolving". It's going backwards.
Another one I hate is when they start sentences with Honestly.
Why wouldn't you be honest?
Why wouldn't you be honest?
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I'm going off topic in the off topic section. Know what annoys me more than this type of communication ?
Trying to get search engine information about a specific oil - and then getting carpet bombed with Amsoil stuff I'm surely not looking for.
Trying to get search engine information about a specific oil - and then getting carpet bombed with Amsoil stuff I'm surely not looking for.
Don't you mean you are "literally tired of hearing literally used?"
"Literally" is not only overused, but misused as well..."like" is another overused word..."eCKspecially" is a mispronunciation that's commonly used these days that drives me nuts too...did anyone listen the interview of Lochte (the olympic swimmer)? He kept saying he "overly exaggerated"...that's like a dangerous hazard....where are they learning this stuff?
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