Work: Today, my colleague yet again misused the word "literally." It's...

By Rebecca - 21/05/2012 14:11 - United States - Austin

Today, my colleague yet again misused the word "literally." It's driving me insane. I have to work opposite him and hear him say things like he's just "literally shit himself inside out." FML

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Today, my coworker keeps loudly saying things like, "Oh, now THIS!" If I don't ask, "What?" she pouts. If I do ask, she tells me, at length and with very bad grammar, how every one of our colleagues and partners is either stupid, rude or out to get her. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/12/2020 01:57

Today, I finally noticed that my new coworker, with whom I have to share an office, starts every sentence with, "I mean…", then a pause, then says whatever he has to say. I can't un-notice it now, and it's like hearing nails on a chalkboard. FML

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By Rebecca - 13/06/2012 23:50 - Australia - Dural

Today, I was chatting to a co-worker, upon whom I have a serious crush. It was going really well, until he said "irregardless", as if it's actually a proper word. This grammatical abomination really ticks me off, and I actually had to fight back the urge to beat some damn sense into him. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/05/2016 05:05 - Canada - Calgary

Today, my boss wrote me up for saying "pissed" in front of a client. This is the same boss who nearly pissed himself laughing when a client made an extremely off-color Holocaust joke a few weeks ago, in front of half the department. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/05/2014 16:02 - United States - Elko

Today, my boss yet again said she was "literally dying", after she watched a funny video online. Long story short, I'm now on her shitlist because I couldn't help but point out that she clearly wasn't dying, and that her ranting was distracting me from doing actual work. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/03/2021 02:01 - United States

Today, like every day, my boss was complaining about something or other, but this time it was work that I knew he'd done himself, and he still blamed me. FML

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By ANNIEDBD - 23/03/2012 09:44 - Ireland - Dublin

Today, a client shouted at me over something that had nothing to do with me. She put such effort into shouting that she farted in my office. FML

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By mpfrost153 - 01/11/2021 12:00 - United States

Today, as if having diarrhea at work wasn’t bad enough, my office’s aggressively flushing toilet sprayed me with my own liquid shit. FML

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By in_hardik - 11/06/2012 01:14 - United States

Today, at my workplace, I saw a system crashing. I mean literally, my manager was throwing my colleague's laptop at him while shouting around the office. This is only my second day. FML

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By me - 20/12/2011 03:53 - United States

Today, another employee scolded me for being "socially awkward". The same employee who just before had a 10 minute discussion with a client about her poop. FML

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Feared 9

Monday 21 May 2012 18:34

Your comment literally made me shit myself inside out.

SkoomaKi 27

Monday 21 May 2012 18:30

You should say "I'm literally going to kill you if you don't stop saying literally. Literally".

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go_Banannas0814 0

Monday 21 May 2012 19:55

Chill the **** out.

SqueakyChipmunk 21

Monday 21 May 2012 21:37

**** the chill out. You see that? That was strange and irrelevant comment. That is all.

PawnShopPenguin 4

Monday 21 May 2012 19:58

I literally just pissed myself reading this...

kandi_kid69 15

Tuesday 22 May 2012 0:46

You might want to invest into some diapers if you can't control your bladder.

gracehi 31

Monday 21 May 2012 19:58

I HATE that shit too! Once someone told me Labor Day was "literally" around the corner, and I said, "No it's not! If I go around the corner, I won't find some midget squatting there named Labor Day!"

Sai_Run614 7

Monday 21 May 2012 20:06

It most have smelled pretty bad then.

blindboy224 3

Monday 21 May 2012 20:11

Alright that's enough adding insult to injury...... Litterally!

Skittles_Rawr 8

Monday 21 May 2012 20:17

I literally ******* hate those people

Skittles_Rawr 8

Monday 21 May 2012 20:18

Dammit... Everyone stole my joke x) x

KingCeltic77 18

Monday 21 May 2012 20:20

I think you're supposed to use the word practically for those situations instead of literally. Am I right.

dougierocks 13

Monday 21 May 2012 20:22

Sounds right to me... Could you see him when he said it?

AnhedonicRightNo 1

Monday 21 May 2012 20:25

Literally is misused intentionally. Saying figuratively just doesn't have the same impact. The point is to use a metaphor rather than a simile. To say it was like a blizzard has less impact than to say it was a blizzard and the same applies with figuratively and literally. Either is acceptable.

unknown_user5566 26

Monday 21 May 2012 20:43

Just tell him you literally think he's an annoying, incompetent person. Maybe then he'll understand its true meaning. FYL OP, I hate when people have no common sense.