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The Absolute Awfull Use of words....JFF
WHY oh...WHY!?! do people use the word "literally" wrong!?! ...People will say, "she stood there, literally, with her jaw on the floor!!"...no...not so much. She did indeed stand there...and she probably had her mouth OPEN....but unless a killer chopped off her jaw...and then put it, physically ON the floor?.....Perhaps it should read, "she stood there with her mouth open, figuretivly, with her jaw on the floor"..... The "proverbial".....yada yada, also applies. "he was the proverbial 'go to McDees and eat french fries"......no so much ...
