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i_agree_with_nick

20 Aug 13 22:48

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It's now 110% ok to use the word "literally" in the metaphorical sense

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/10240917/Uproar-as-OED-includes-erroneous-use-of-literally.html

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Report JOCI Club • August 20, 2013 11:35 PM BST

Jamie Oliver will literally be delighted.

Report tobermory • August 21, 2013 12:56 AM BST

Jamie Redknapp vindicated too....

"These balls now - they literally explode off your feet."

"Alonso and Sissoko have been picked to literally sit in front of the back four."

"He's literally left Ben Haim for dead there."

Report polybot • August 21, 2013 12:34 PM BST

Report i_agree_with_nick • August 21, 2013 1:23 PM BST

They knew

Report Vubiant • August 21, 2013 1:44 PM BST

Bolt littorally coasted home in the heats.

Report laroche • August 21, 2013 2:04 PM BST

Is it literally '110% ok to use the word "literally" in the metaphorical sense'?

Report guinness2dear • August 21, 2013 2:13 PM BST

Liter Ally is a famous book by TC Stang..

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