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“Literally”

Sunday, 19 August 2018, 0:00 MJA Uncategorized 33

American Thinker:

Sean Hannity is figuratively driving me crazy

By Michael Nollet

Sean Hannity is literally figuratively driving me crazy.  He does it with his misuse of the word “literally.”  It’s his favorite buzzword.  He doesn’t know what the word means, and he literally has no idea how to use it properly.  To him, it’s just a word to indicate emphasis.  He has no idea what a powerful word it can be when used properly, and hearing him misuse it is literally figuratively like hearing Quint the shark-hunter drag his fingernails down a chalkboard, as depicted in the movie Jaws.

Because Hannity has no idea how to use “literally” properly, he sounds like a country doofus.  He is every bit reminiscent of a person with little education trying to dazzle his intellectual superiors by trying to sound profound by using an erudite-sounding word.  Whenever he doesn’t pull it off – which is most of the time – he sounds like a pseudo-intellectual prig.  He is capable of misusing the word as often as twenty times in an hour, and three times within the same minute.  Every time he misuses the word, I switch channels in frustration and exasperation.

Here are a few Hannityisms involving misuse of the word “literally”

33 Comments on “Literally”

  9. I can take Sean’s misuse of the word…… but but but that fookin Beck with his “litrally”, ekcetra and supposibly is figuratively killing me!…… of course I gave up on this shithead in ’16.
    “Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell

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  12. I don’t know that one particular word Sean uses could get me off track, however He would be well served were He to Plunge himself int’o advanced English Study. His job is Communicating after all.

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  14. I used to spend my weekends reading doing literally nothing..

    Then I got into balloon artistry and began doing figuratively nothing…

    Then I discovered the internet..

    Now I do virtually nothing..

    It’s still nothing only it’s more intense

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  17. Literally?
    Are you serious?
    It’s like, I mean, y’know, awesomely, literally, a quazillion “literally’s” an hour!

    For the Grammar Nazis and the Usage Despots:

    “informal
    used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true.
    “I was literally blown away by the response I got” …”

    izlamo delenda est …

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  19. Wow I literally just learned some new vocabulary from the wise author. While ‘Backfired in his face” was not literal after all, the word ‘backfired’ began to intrigue me.

    I’m going to literally go shoot up some cardboard and dirt! -Because I am now on a mission to see if any of my friends’ guns will “backfire”… (I literally don’t own a gun, I hear they keep jumping up at night and terrorizing all of us, especially at the quickie Stop and Rob shops.)

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  20. I’m not literally part of the grammar police but poor vocabulary or bad grammar can be an annoyance for me and a distraction from a good message.
    My nomination for Hannity’s most annoying phrase: ‘my exclusive interview with so-and-so…’ when so-and-so is appearing on everyone’s show this week. I guess he means he’s the only one interviewing this person at the moment?

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  21. It’s a VERY SPECIAL episode… about Hannity. LMAO

    “You people should spend all this energy attacking Libtards instead of one of our own. Another example of why conservatives are fucking stupid.”

    Who is ‘YOU PEOPLE’?

    Hey, Brad, why don’t you go to the link and literally ( 😀 ) say that to the author’s face? He’s waiting for you in the comment section. He’s not shy. LMAO

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  23. Using words properly is not being a grammar nazi. It’s just using words properly. The author was harsh, but I’m sure Hannity won’t need to hide away in a safe space. Literally.

    Hannity’s biggest problem is that he talks over his guests when they’re answering him.

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  24. Other over used word are, “basically” and “actually”.
    If you basically use filler words, you literally have a limited knowledge of vocabulary. Actually, you don’t know enough words.

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  27. Little Morphin’ Annie: That phrase “exclusive interview” bothers me, too. If it isn’t a press conference, just about any interview is “exclusive.” It’s not as though he is speaking with someone who is normally a recluse who doesn’t talk to anybody.

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  29. I’m solidly with BB on this one. I guess we’re doing so well we can afford to skewer fellow republicans? If he bothers you just keep in mind he’s been banging away daily for years on our behalf and he has a large following. He’s got his flaws but he’s a huge asset.
    You only cross the line with me when you’re a anti Trumper.

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  31. MJA
    “Who is ‘YOU PEOPLE’?”

    If you have to ask. LOL

    Why do we need to be like the Libtards and Never Trumpers always picking at each other?

    And as far as the author, you know me, I am shy.

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  32. I literally do not care how Hannity uses the word “literally”. He is fighting the good fight. And if he sounds like a “country doofus” well too bad. The writer sounds like an elitist snob who would also go along with calling Trump voters “deplorable”. Literally.

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  33. Is a leftist said “I ax pacific questions,” we’d have a field day.

    Hannity uses the word incorrectly. I don’t expect perfection, but I t least expect an attempt to be correct. You would think he would know by now he is incorrect.

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