Literally, A Web Log

Going to the Digital Dogs [Fool.com]
Handheld gaming systems have gone to the dogs, literally. That’s because Nintendo has a hit with its Nintendogs puppy-simulator game cartridges.
I like this one, it’s clever, but technically it is incorrect.
The idiom “going to the dogs” means that something is deteriorating or coming to a bad end.
A literal interpretation would […]

Denver Post
While Playwright’s dramedy about five women trapped overnight in a mall bathroom is dripping (literally) with sweat and sincerity, this is a seriously flawed script that does not pass muster as a legitimate piece of drama from premise to curtain.
I don’t know what dripping sincerity looks like… but somebody better clean that mess up.
How […]

Please join me in donating to the American Red Cross (1-800-HELP-NOW) for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.
Every natural disaster seems to trigger a corresponding surge in the use of “literally”: search Yahoo! News for “hurricane katrina literally”
For example:
In New Orleans, where I spent the day, it is literally a sea of inhumanity.
Literally and figuratively, I think […]