Archive for August, 2008

literally vice presidential (Biden)

Monday, August 25th, 2008

The following is a transcript of Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr’s remarks after being introduced as Senator Barack Obama’s vice-presidential running mate in Springfield, Ill.

Folks, again, it’s not political sloganary when I say we literally can’t afford four more years of this non- energy policy written by and for the oil companies, making us more […]

literally heartbreaking (Bigfoot)

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

I’m not sure which is worse in the following video clip: the misuse of literally, or the newscaster’s awful pun (”one group’s hopes of finding bigfoot melt away”).

“It’s heartwrenching. This we thought was an answer to a mystery that’s been going on for far too long. The best term I can use is: it was […]

literally mad tv

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Before this blog was created, the folks at Mad TV aired a series of sketches ridiculing the misuse of the word literally, as shown in this youtube clip.

(Thanks, Robert)