Tribe.net. Local Connections déia http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#1b283995-c4e1-4858-bd68-f7dbba2d2a43 2006-04-02T20:48:43Z 2006-04-02T20:48:43Z

"That kills my soul." literally??? (ouch!) :P

déia 2006-04-02T20:48:43Z Dar http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#6657d32e-49c8-474d-8251-30a619d6d670 2006-03-27T16:15:09Z 2006-03-27T16:15:09Z

oh, when someone says that I just tell them, "Dude, it's disorientatertoted."

Dar 2006-03-27T16:15:09Z Pool http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#9a81ab2d-baee-4906-98d5-a3ea9c8cd0de 2005-10-10T19:21:01Z 2005-10-10T19:21:01Z

Don't forget the similar and common abuse of "physically" as an intensifier. On the positive side, VR hype seems to have killed off the previously common use of "virtually" to mean "almost" or "effectively".

Pool 2005-10-10T19:21:01Z Carson http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#3ec52ef6-3634-468e-a6d4-6b7a17d36f43 2005-08-15T17:41:24Z 2005-08-15T17:41:24Z

I have seen "She is literally the dark horse of the family." Amusing. And while we're sharing about apostrophes, yesterday I saw "though's" for "those."

Carson 2005-08-15T17:41:24Z Anathema http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#9e53f33a-8dc7-41e4-99c0-c8b2e88e2dfe 2005-08-12T04:48:47Z 2005-08-12T04:48:47Z

My senior editor pointed out an **awesome** "literally" misuse today. It was in an article about Giants manager Felipe Alou refusing to accept an apology from the radio announcer who made racist statements about Caribbean ballplayers. It quoted someone as saying, "I would literally give my right arm to be able to apologize to Alou." Dang! Maybe the guy's left-handed but still. Quite a sacrifice!

Anathema 2005-08-12T04:48:47Z $item.owner.firstName http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#501344f0-4912-4349-9d11-b42e74b9e157 2005-07-28T17:14:55Z 2005-07-28T17:14:36Z

"Irregardless" ...I pity da fool...

$item.owner.firstName 2005-07-28T17:14:36Z $item.owner.firstName http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#a7b8b684-8279-4030-ad4c-47e13c652701 2005-07-25T21:37:16Z 2005-07-25T21:37:16Z

"I could of gone home" have, people... HAVE I could have gone home...

$item.owner.firstName 2005-07-25T21:37:16Z -> http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#d4147dcb-96cd-4645-b07b-05b7e37b6105 2005-06-29T15:10:26Z 2005-06-29T15:10:26Z

A friend of mine saw 'self-of-steam' typed out in a message. That one cracks me up. Of course my greatest is newkyewlar. Sound it out people. Nu-cle-ar. Oh and why don't people know the difference between A-ffect and E-ffect.

-> 2005-06-29T15:10:26Z $item.owner.firstName http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#4e0feb56-c746-468b-b5c9-1bd331992991 2005-06-29T04:23:32Z 2005-06-29T04:23:32Z

Woohoo! COOL TRIBE! (Thanks D.M.K....) "disorientated" -- As in, I got off the bus and I was completely disorientated. That kills my soul.

$item.owner.firstName 2005-06-29T04:23:32Z Dread Pirate™ http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#44e8c20e-f8ad-4ccb-a9ab-3cdd43f3d91d 2004-12-15T21:47:16Z 2004-12-15T21:47:16Z

I'm just loving that word: afroth. Nice usage!

Dread Pirate™ 2004-12-15T21:47:16Z D. Matthew http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#2ac7b1cc-eaba-4007-acb0-6972295114fc 2004-12-15T17:59:22Z 2004-12-15T17:59:22Z

>mute or moo for moot, as in it's a moot point I don't know, in this day and age, and under this administration, we seem to be seeing a whole lotta 'mute points'.... ;)

D. Matthew 2004-12-15T17:59:22Z Phoenix_Rising http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#dea62566-59df-40c7-b414-4f6887d99de4 2004-12-15T09:48:30Z 2004-12-15T09:48:30Z

I'm actually going to kill the next student that uses the phrase literally... Here are a couple of good ones -- mute or moo for moot, as in it's a moot point -- pacifically for specifically, this coming from a consulting making $250/hr --Being that/being as -- I must have had a pox upon my house as this virus invaded my classes this fall. And what ever happened to the adverb? No one seems to know how to use it anymore!

Phoenix_Rising 2004-12-15T09:48:30Z andylama http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#1c2d23b3-fcaa-49d2-82ee-b9c183b9fea9 2004-11-24T18:14:55Z 2004-11-24T18:14:55Z

Personally, I don't give a rat's whisker about the distinction between "its" and "it's" (i know darn well the correct usage and deliberately misuse it anyway, so kill me), but the thing that sometimes irritates me is some peoples' propensity to hyper-apostrophize any word ending in "s", plural or not, posessive or not. We're talking about ADULTS here, and it is all too common. An extreme example: One time, in a big city, I saw a fast food joint with a hand painted sign on the side that _literally_ advertised: BURGER'S FRIE'S SHAKE'S OK, "burger's and shake's" I can forgive, but "FRIE'S"?! Come ON, people! You're making me want to scoop my own eye's out with spoon's! Literally.

andylama 2004-11-24T18:14:55Z andylama http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#0640411f-f745-4be6-9959-78764ee7b456 2004-11-24T18:02:22Z 2004-11-24T18:02:22Z

According to a prominent dictionary, the two senses are both correct. Well, I guess that's what makes it a pet peeve _du jour_ and not a lifelong obsession. ;) I totally agree with the 'literally' rant though. Remember the recent political editorial about indecency on television? "My child's head literally exploded". Ahem. (yeah, it was satire, but still funny) Moist towelette, anyone?

andylama 2004-11-24T18:02:22Z Violet http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#b78c048a-361a-497f-b98a-a8785a75d107 2004-05-19T23:29:06Z 2004-05-19T23:29:06Z

"Momentarily" to mean "in a moment." I always want to say, it means FOR a moment, people! But that would make me a big dork, not to say unpopular in my workplace, where people say it ALL the time. Otherwise smart people.

Violet 2004-05-19T23:29:06Z Dar http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#e3489bb0-f4bf-4345-bd1c-49a61a2a124a 2004-05-17T00:34:06Z 2004-05-17T00:34:06Z

old adage - an adage, something expressing a tradtional idea(proverb) in and of itself must be old. Hence, old adage = old/old story. Ha, very redundant.

Dar 2004-05-17T00:34:06Z Anathema http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#54f17d50-5a78-44ae-b707-06b00d3e9ec3 2004-05-16T23:58:07Z 2004-05-16T23:58:07Z

I am currently afroth over how folks use "literally" as a sort of general purpose intensifier. As in, "I literally cried my eyes out." (No you didn't--that would be really gross and possibly physically impossible.) "She was literally beside herself." (Unless we're talking a little cloning mishap here . . . I doubt it.) Anyone else got any good ones they've heard recently?

Anathema 2004-05-16T23:58:07Z