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literally a quantum leap

August 2nd, 2007 by Amber

This fabulous web site purports to hold the secrets of how to save an ailing marriage. Among the Powerpoint-style treasure trove of knowledge you’ll reap was this bullet point:

  • How to make paradigm shifts (literally, quantum leaps!) in the relationship.

I guess catapulting yourself into another dimension is one way to deal with relationship problems. Seems kind of escapist to me, though.

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10 Responses to “literally a quantum leap”

  1. Fitz Says:
    August 2nd, 2007 at 10:38 am

    “Reaping” a “treasure trove” of knowledge? Holy mixed metaphors, Batman! :-)

  2. GreyDuck Says:
    August 2nd, 2007 at 10:58 am

    It gets better: A quantum leap is the smallest possible change, as when one’s bank account balance goes from $500.00 (five hundred dollars) to $500.01 (five hundred dollars and one cent). There are no possible amounts intermediate between those.

  3. Fitz Says:
    August 2nd, 2007 at 11:03 am

    According to wikipedia:

    In the vernacular, the term quantum leap has come to mean an abrupt change or “step change”, especially an advance or augmentation. The term dates back to early-to-mid-20th century. The vernacular usage usually implies a large and abrupt change, while the physical term typically refers to a small change in quantum mechanics, often even the smallest possible. The usages agree, however, in that both describe a change that happens all at once, rather than gradually over time. A ‘quantum leap in technology’ is thus a revolutionary advance, rather than an evolutionary one.

  4. Marla Says:
    August 5th, 2007 at 10:47 am

    I just found your website – THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I’m so relieved to know that someone else is bothered by this awful trend. THANK YOU.

    If you are ever in the mood to take a break from literalness, there is another malconstruction that drives me insane: using the word “you” instead of “one” and especially using the word “you” instead of “I.” Example: “When I walked across campus, you could hear the bells ringing.” That implies a very odd cause-and-effect, doesn’t it?

  5. once more with feeling » Blog Archive » Says:
    August 16th, 2007 at 9:25 pm

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  6. Rita Martinez Says:
    August 22nd, 2007 at 11:28 pm

    someone should make a web log on the misuses of Then and Than, people do not know how and when to use them!! ARGG!!

  7. JG Says:
    September 11th, 2007 at 12:07 am

    American Heritage Dictionary:

    “Quantum Leap: An abrupt change or step, especially in method, information, or knowledge.”

  8. Rewzer Says:
    September 12th, 2007 at 3:56 pm

    This blog has literally not been updated in 1 month and 10 days.

  9. Don Edwards Says:
    September 26th, 2007 at 1:24 pm

    A quantum leap would logically be ANY change that must occur completely or not at all – no partial or in-between changes.

    This need not necessarily be a small change.

    I don’t see a paradigm shift as necessarily being a quantum leap, though. Even when only one person is making the change: – there can be an in-between stage where the person is considering the new perspective and making an effort to look at the world that way, to see if it works better, but isn’t completely convinced. And then when two or more people are involved, perhaps some have made the paradigm shift and some have not.

  10. Lee H. Baucom, Ph.D. Says:
    November 26th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    . . . and then, sometimes, the English language is used to communicate with those who, well, understand the English language. . . without getting too uptight that something is descriptive.

    Let me ask: did anyone really NOT understand what I was saying on my website?

    Oh, we could do this: strip any descriptive use of language. Bye bye poems, novels, songs. . . “LITERALLY” anything that brings personality to the written word!

    Lee H. Baucom
    author of Save The Marriage
    (The website that started this post!)

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