Quote: samurai_hedgehogQuote: LassieTheEvilOneI think when people use "literally" too much as well i.e. "I literally couldn't stop laughing"... So you're still doing it now or did you need to have your vocal chords removed?
That actually p*sses me off a fair bit.
Seconded.
Yep.
As for the metaphor one; I generally don't use metaphors because I don't like lying and am pedantic in my communication to an almost Asperger's standard (For example, I can't say "That's the straw that broke the camel's back" unless there's a camel and a straw involved). As a jokey substitute, I use this whole "proverbial" thing but leave out the nouns just to complicate things - "That's the proverbial that broke the proverbial's proverbial".
I only do this in jest, but The Doc's post has enlightened me that it's actually 'metaphorical' - I never thought about it before - and I'll have to adapt. Annoying, as it's a more difficult word to say.
Ain't that a metaphorical in the metaphorical?