My Head Literally Exploded.

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Literally.

Of course, my head didn't explode at all. It may have figuratively exploded (whatever that means) but at no point could you say that my head actually exploded.

What am I on about? The word, "literally", of course. It's becoming increasingly common for people to use the word for emphasis rather than to convey that they mean exactly what they say. Indeed, Ray Mears (who I quite like on the teevee machine) recently said that when he was building a canoe he used a tool so much that the next day his hand was "literally on fire". On fire, was it, Ray? It actually bust into flames?
No, I didn't think so. It felt like it was on fire, or it was figurativelly on fire; you may have even thought that it was going to burst into flames but at no point can I take your hand feeling like it was burning to literally mean that there were flames engulfing your hand.

I mean, come on! "Literally", should mean just that, without metaphor or allegory, that way we can tell if you actually want us to believe what you've just said.

Who's with me on this?

If your head literally exploded then how are you still alive?

Literally.

If your head literally exploded, how are you still alive?

When I was 11, literally was my favourite word. My cousin then told me I used it way too much. And at inappropriate times.

I say the word “seriously” probably too much. But no one really cares, so it’s all good.

I think I'm going to regret posting this thread.

Literally regret it, that is.

I use the the word like too much as a filler. I sound like the world's most foul-mouthed valley girl. Literally.

my brother in law was literally on fire when he met my sister


seriously, he'd stepped to close to a tiki torch

Not touching this one with a 50 foot pole...

Oh.
I first thought you had stared into someone's eyes too long, literally.

Although I believe that technically aspies heads asplode under such circunstances.

My brother used to like to tell me that I was literally on the computer 24/7.

I was taught that literally means literally "to the letter". duh!