literally crawling with cops
January 7th, 2007 by Fitz
ReduceIdiocy.com
This genius decided
to try and pass a counterfeit check at a store literally crawling with uniformed cops. The police were participating in the annual Shop With a Cop program, which is a nationwide charity that encourages law enforcement personnel to take underprivileged children out for some Christmas shopping.”
(Thanks, John!)
January 8th, 2007 at 10:07 am
Um… but the store WAS crawling with cops. Literally!
January 9th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Um… but the store WAS crawling with cops. Literally!
so…the cops were on their hands and knees ‘crawling’ around the store?
January 13th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
“Crawling” doesn’t always imply being on hands and knees.
per the American Heritage Dictionary:
CRAWL
2. To advance slowly, feebly, laboriously, or with frequent stops.
If that doesn’t describe cops, I don’t know what does.
January 13th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
In any case, though the cops may have been crawling, the store certainly wasn’t.
January 15th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
today in my english nine class we talked about this word and what would happen if we googled it and to see all of these sites about debates on if the word should have the mean changed from it’s original meaning ‘exactly’ seeing this site and the things posted is truly something to look at
January 27th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
I freakin love this blog! I get LIVID when I hear people misuse the word. I just got the guy who wrote the Wal-mart article to correct his blog. “Cosmo”, who feels he understands English, has embaressingly made another blunder. He went to his dictionary and looked up “crawling” while he SHOULD have looked up the word literally. Websters defines this term as:
1. in the literal or strict sense
2. in a literal manner; word for word: to translate literally.
3. actually; without exaggeration or inaccuracy
4. in effect; in substance; very nearly; virtually
This is a growing epedimic among people who use big words to sound important.
January 28th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
I literally love any blog that picks apart incorrect grammar. Glad I found you. I’m metaphorically beside myself with joy.
February 1st, 2007 at 6:25 am
The article describes the STORE as crawling, not the COPS. This is the basis of the post.
February 12th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
The word “literally” has been removed now. Check out the link again.
February 22nd, 2007 at 11:31 am
The author of the linked site seems to have taken the criticism to heart and removed the offending word from the post. Actually.