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NT loves to butcher figures of speech vol. Irv Gotti in the club
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The hell are they doing 
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What's wrong with literally?
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People use it when they are referring to FIGURATIVE language.
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Aaron Rodgers should be suspended and fined. Dude literally threw a game. Unacceptable
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"Literally"
This is an interesting one and I could see why someone would think it's no longer figurative.
But throwing a game is still a figure of speech even in this situation.
He didn't actually pick up a GAME and throw it.
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Meh, that AR12 example is what I had in mind when I asked the original question, that doesn't bother me. I still don't have a problem with the use of literally. Maybe cuz I use it often.
But the NBA thread example was egregious lol.
But the NBA thread example was egregious lol.
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Yea the Aaron Rodgers situation translates to, "He actually threw the game away" or "He literally pulled a figuratively."
Stallion was hilarious.
Stallion was hilarious.
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Should of instead of should’ve
Knew I was washed when it started bothering me.
Knew I was washed when it started bothering me.
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I've literally felt that way before too. 
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I've literally felt that way before too.
Aight show me a picture of your emotions sitting in a roller coaster seat.
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I wish literally really had the meaning that people use it for. “She was so beautiful my penis literally grew 16 inches”.
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I understand the nuance that the term 'literally' has adopted. Ironically, it no longer means literally all the time when people use it, and I'm ok with that. It's simply used to express great emphasis now. It's basically evolved to a slang term.
I bet y'all would've had a fit in the 80s when bad started to mean good.
"Mines" annoys me and, l know it's not the same but I'm seeing waaaay more people put the dollar sign after the number and it annoys me more than it should.
I bet y'all would've had a fit in the 80s when bad started to mean good.
"Mines" annoys me and, l know it's not the same but I'm seeing waaaay more people put the dollar sign after the number and it annoys me more than it should.
lawdog1
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I don't know that I've seen this one on NT specifically, but . . .
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I definitely have.
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Da real ones know...
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Oh, ok.I haven't gotten to that episode yet.
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Nah, it is probably a typo
I haven't gotten to that episode yet.
Just remembered the episode and is making a joke
That Seinfeld episode is an all-time classic though
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What's the verb form of lightning?
"It's lightning out there" or "It's lightninging out there"?
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peace of mind vs. piece of (my) mind
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