I had big plans for today. I was going to grade 20 essays and do
a blog post on Google’s new definition of literally. Instead, I have been glued to the couch binge watching Orange Is the New Black. I have literally
been watching it all day. And I don’t mean literally in the way that Google defines literally (i.e., figuratively); I mean literally as the adverbial form of
the adjective literal, which is defined as
“in accordance
with, involving, or being the primary or strict meaning of the word or
words; not figurative or metaphorical.”
Okay, I’ve got to go. I have to be somewhere in two hours, and I literally only have two episodes left. If I don't watch them, I will figuratively die.
13 comments:
Oh no! Is it the new irregardless? :/
This makes me sad. Sad and slightly violent.
And "no" is the new "maybe" or "it might be okay."
bah
I IMDBed your show and didn't pay attention to the lesson. Sorry. Detention?
One thing I have not missed at all this school year is grading essays!!! Literally!
YES! YOU DID IT! wink wink
So glad you jumped on this too! I don't even know why it makes me so angry but it really does! Thank you for using the word properly even in your 'not a post', post!
You'll be happy to know (maybe?) that the "literally" scandal was much more upsetting to my friends on Facebook than anything happening in the Middle East. But slightly less upsetting than Ben Affleck being picked to play Batman.
How did you enjoy Orange? I'd better watch this show pretty soon, since everyone else is gobbling it down (figuratively, not literally, because that would cause indigestion) and if I want to avoid spoilers ... !
-Steph (of Writing Sisterhood)
Something new to add to my list now.
Nas
Ack! This is beyond annoying.
I'll admit I've literally used the L word a few times when I shouldn't have :) And I keep hearing about Orange and seriously need to check it out!
Each time "literally" pops up inappropriately, I want to hit it with a hammer like in the carnival game Whack-a-Mole. Literally.
Dammit, beat me to it. I was gonna do a post this. Now I have to kill you.
I have literally never seen that show...
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