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

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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 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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acetheone 8

Tuesday 22 May 2012 8:41

he's a literal idiot.

BecomeMine 0

Tuesday 22 May 2012 13:34

Just be like, can you literally shut the **** up??

SqueakyChipmunk 21

Tuesday 22 May 2012 15:34

No, I just didn't get why you said it.

pennies_lane 6

Tuesday 22 May 2012 15:54

Shit! That must have hurt!

crossfaderider 0

Tuesday 22 May 2012 15:55

Why ??? Common sense people

subaqueousReach 1

Wednesday 23 May 2012 0:50

Except that "Literally" can be used to describe situations of near possibility. Your co-worker is using the word correctly. He's just over using it.

oiendoio 1

Wednesday 23 May 2012 6:58

you are all morons with limited language and comprehension skills.

samellens 1

Wednesday 23 May 2012 20:52

'Literally' has been used as an intensifier for 300 years. Some of those using it in that sense are among the most respected and widely read authors in English. So you're literally making things up to be annoyed over.