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kwala Feb 2014 12:50pm, 28 Feb 2014 4,366 posts	Quote Pin kwala I was trying to think of a situation when it would be right to say "just about", and now have "It's Raining Men" stuck in my head. "cos tonight for the first time, just about half past ten...."
JenL Feb 2014 12:51pm, 28 Feb 2014 26,763 posts	Quote Pin JenL Or "I'm just about to lose my mind, honey, honey, yeah"?
Doctor K Feb 2014 1:01pm, 28 Feb 2014 3,163 posts	Quote Pin Doctor K Why does football coverage on Radio 5 have to be advertised with an excerpt of frantic commentary from some previous game? It's bloody annoying -not just football either
Carpathius Feb 2014 4:08pm, 28 Feb 2014 2,285 posts	Quote Pin Carpathius People who say 'literally' when they don't mean it. "I literally died of shock" "I wish that were true".
ChrisThePuma Feb 2014 4:12pm, 28 Feb 2014 2,928 posts	Quote Pin ChrisThePuma with you all the way on that one carp - but unfortunately someone in the dictionary business decided to re-jig the word to also mean placing emphasis to something without it being actually true. weak-willed wa*kers.
JenL Feb 2014 4:13pm, 28 Feb 2014 26,770 posts	Quote Pin JenL Or lazy lexicography?
JenL Feb 2014 4:13pm, 28 Feb 2014 26,771 posts	Quote Pin JenL Literally
McGoohan Feb 2014 4:39pm, 28 Feb 2014 10,872 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan I remember my English teacher marking down some of my writing down because I'd written 'sweat was literally pumping out of my face'. He pointed out to me what 'literally' literally means. He was a good teacher.
Velociraptor Feb 2014 4:45pm, 28 Feb 2014 29,068 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Pumping. Yeah, thanks for the reminder, McG. "The sick was literally pumping out of her." "I don't wanna be pumped full of drugs." "Our food is pumped full of additives."
Frobester Feb 2014 4:56pm, 28 Feb 2014 25,061 posts	Quote Pin Frobester Rafts and baskets. "We propose a raft of measures." "We have a basket of proposals." Still, on the positive side, Nigel Farage has said that if he fails to get a single MP elected to the HoC in 2015, he'll resign. Huzzah!