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Friday, 1 May 2026
Literally non-literal, when literally asked about literalness
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Someone on Reddit was trying to identify the fibre their yarn was made from, and someone suggested burning a bit of it since burning hair/wo...
Sunday, 26 November 2017
I'm literally lowkey a telly star now
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I was on the telly recently! It may just have been the local station, but it's a start. Media stardom beckons! If you want to watch it, ...
Monday, 21 September 2015
Bluntness
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In case you don't follow James Blunt on twitter, here's a tip: follow him. His tweets mostly consist of sporadic bursts of sarcastic...
Sunday, 19 April 2015
Physically the new literally
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Usual disclaimer: while I am talking about the language use of actual people, it's in the spirit of interested observation and not at al...
Saturday, 20 August 2011
You literally take them literally
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Literally gets a lot of bad press. It's a word in a state of confusion. It's busy getting a new meaning as a kind of intensifier, b...
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