literally poked out of its socket
April 3rd, 2006 by Amber
Prepare to cringe… this is one correct usage of ‘literally’ that isn’t for the faint of heart:
Villanova basketball star Allan Ray had his eyeball literally poked out of its socket by an opposing player in a recent game.
Yeesh!
Apparently the medical term for having one’s eye literally poked out of the socket is “globe luxation.” And the delicate procedure by which doctors replace a, um, luxated globe?
Doctors apply some topical painkillers, hold back your lashes, and poke your eyeball into its socket by pressing on the white part with gloved fingers. (In some cases, they’ll use a simple tool like a bent paperclip to shoehorn it back into place.)
Thank goodness for modern medicine!
April 3rd, 2006 at 7:07 pm
I’ll try tokeep an eye out for other correct uses of literally. - Jeff
April 13th, 2006 at 6:56 pm
In a recent Dawn and Drew Podcast a listerner calls in to complain about Dawn consistently saying that things “literally came out her ass”. when they couldn’t have really come out of her ass. You decide: http://dawnanddrew.podshow.com/dnds-293/ near the end of the show.
April 18th, 2006 at 9:45 am
The technique of pushing a luxated globe back into the eye socket with a paper clip was actually demonstrated during an episode of ER earlier this season.