Britva415
"Alabaster," my ass
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Along the lines of the "figurative literal," this thread is for perversions of language which happen when people start forgetting whether what they say matches what they mean.
"My head literally exploded." No it didn't but we see this everywhere now.
"I could care less." So... You do care some?
The latest which I've only started seeing within (I feel like) the past year but has seemed to explode into common/frequent usage is "as much" - without including "as possible."
"You want as many people there, to really have a great party!" As many as what?
When and why did people start simply dropping the "as possible?" I can understand a simple hurried mistake here and there, but it's weird, I feel like I never saw this before but now I see it a couple of times a week.
Weird.
What are some other examples?
"My head literally exploded." No it didn't but we see this everywhere now.
"I could care less." So... You do care some?
The latest which I've only started seeing within (I feel like) the past year but has seemed to explode into common/frequent usage is "as much" - without including "as possible."
"You want as many people there, to really have a great party!" As many as what?
When and why did people start simply dropping the "as possible?" I can understand a simple hurried mistake here and there, but it's weird, I feel like I never saw this before but now I see it a couple of times a week.
Weird.
What are some other examples?
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