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What cliches do you dislike the most?
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David Skelding
David Skelding
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German德语译成English英语
Literally figurative Sep 28, 2023

Tom in London wrote:

I literally can't stand it the way a certain generation of people who must be literally into their forties by now insist literally on inserting "literally" everywhere even when it makes no sense, as in, for example "I literally visited the Grand Canyon last week".


A pet hate of mine is when "literally" is used to describe things that cannot possibly be literal. My jaw literally drops to the floor.

Tom in London
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Lingua 5B
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波斯尼亚黑塞哥维纳
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English英语译成Croatian克罗地亚语
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Ha ha Sep 28, 2023

David Skelding wrote:

Tom in London wrote:

I literally can't stand it the way a certain generation of people who must be literally into their forties by now insist literally on inserting "literally" everywhere even when it makes no sense, as in, for example "I literally visited the Grand Canyon last week".


A pet hate of mine is when "literally" is used to describe things that cannot possibly be literal. My jaw literally drops to the floor.


A while ago at a beach I saw two teenagers getting ready to dive into the water. Judging by their accent, they were Brits.

The little girl (aged maybe 11-12) would say “literally” after every other word. After much hesitation, they finally dive down, and as soon as she popped her head out of the water, she said “the water’s literally so cold”.

Mom and/or dad are using “literally” a little too much?

Tom in London
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finnword1
finnword1
美国
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English英语译成Finnish芬兰语
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None whatsoever Sep 30, 2023

To me, none is already none. Whatsoever does not make it more none.

Tom in London
 
S_G_C
S_G_C
罗马尼亚
Local time: 23:27
English英语译成Romanian罗马尼亚语
Words I hate Oct 2, 2023

resilient/resiliency
proactive
empower/empowered (when one empowers themselves)

And there are two more stuck to my palate, just can't get them off...

Tom in London
P.L.F. Persio
 
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