http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#1b283995-c4e1-4858-bd68-f7dbba2d2a43 "That kills my soul." literally??? (ouch!) :P Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:48:43 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#1b283995-c4e1-4858-bd68-f7dbba2d2a43 déia 2006-04-02T20:48:43Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#6657d32e-49c8-474d-8251-30a619d6d670 oh, when someone says that I just tell them, "Dude, it's disorientatertoted." Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:15:09 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#6657d32e-49c8-474d-8251-30a619d6d670 Dar 2006-03-27T16:15:09Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#9a81ab2d-baee-4906-98d5-a3ea9c8cd0de 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". Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:21:01 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#9a81ab2d-baee-4906-98d5-a3ea9c8cd0de Pool 2005-10-10T19:21:01Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#3ec52ef6-3634-468e-a6d4-6b7a17d36f43 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." Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:41:24 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#3ec52ef6-3634-468e-a6d4-6b7a17d36f43 Carson 2005-08-15T17:41:24Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#9e53f33a-8dc7-41e4-99c0-c8b2e88e2dfe 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! Fri, 12 Aug 2005 04:48:47 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#9e53f33a-8dc7-41e4-99c0-c8b2e88e2dfe Anathema 2005-08-12T04:48:47Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#501344f0-4912-4349-9d11-b42e74b9e157 "Irregardless" ...I pity da fool... Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:14:36 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#501344f0-4912-4349-9d11-b42e74b9e157 $item.owner.firstName 2005-07-28T17:14:36Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#a7b8b684-8279-4030-ad4c-47e13c652701 "I could of gone home" have, people... HAVE I could have gone home... Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:37:16 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#a7b8b684-8279-4030-ad4c-47e13c652701 $item.owner.firstName 2005-07-25T21:37:16Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#d4147dcb-96cd-4645-b07b-05b7e37b6105 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. Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:10:26 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#d4147dcb-96cd-4645-b07b-05b7e37b6105 -> 2005-06-29T15:10:26Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#4e0feb56-c746-468b-b5c9-1bd331992991 Woohoo! COOL TRIBE! (Thanks D.M.K....) "disorientated" -- As in, I got off the bus and I was completely disorientated. That kills my soul. Wed, 29 Jun 2005 04:23:32 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#4e0feb56-c746-468b-b5c9-1bd331992991 $item.owner.firstName 2005-06-29T04:23:32Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#44e8c20e-f8ad-4ccb-a9ab-3cdd43f3d91d I'm just loving that word: afroth. Nice usage! Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:47:16 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#44e8c20e-f8ad-4ccb-a9ab-3cdd43f3d91d Dread Pirate™ 2004-12-15T21:47:16Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#2ac7b1cc-eaba-4007-acb0-6972295114fc >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'.... ;) Wed, 15 Dec 2004 17:59:22 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#2ac7b1cc-eaba-4007-acb0-6972295114fc D. Matthew 2004-12-15T17:59:22Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#dea62566-59df-40c7-b414-4f6887d99de4 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! Wed, 15 Dec 2004 09:48:30 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#dea62566-59df-40c7-b414-4f6887d99de4 Phoenix_Rising 2004-12-15T09:48:30Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#1c2d23b3-fcaa-49d2-82ee-b9c183b9fea9 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. Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:14:55 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#1c2d23b3-fcaa-49d2-82ee-b9c183b9fea9 andylama 2004-11-24T18:14:55Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#0640411f-f745-4be6-9959-78764ee7b456 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? Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:02:22 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#0640411f-f745-4be6-9959-78764ee7b456 andylama 2004-11-24T18:02:22Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#b78c048a-361a-497f-b98a-a8785a75d107 "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. Wed, 19 May 2004 23:29:06 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#b78c048a-361a-497f-b98a-a8785a75d107 Violet 2004-05-19T23:29:06Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#e3489bb0-f4bf-4345-bd1c-49a61a2a124a 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. Mon, 17 May 2004 00:34:06 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#e3489bb0-f4bf-4345-bd1c-49a61a2a124a Dar 2004-05-17T00:34:06Z http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#54f17d50-5a78-44ae-b707-06b00d3e9ec3 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? Sun, 16 May 2004 23:58:07 GMT http://alphavocabadorka.tribe.net/thread/00a952b2-3b93-428a-9a35-8b3678744f5a#54f17d50-5a78-44ae-b707-06b00d3e9ec3 Anathema 2004-05-16T23:58:07Z