scott wrote:
>> One day, somebody discovered a word we'd never heard of called 
>> "blatent". The dictionary definition he looked up suggested that it 
>> basically means "lots". (Which I now comprehend is *not* exactly 
>> correct.) For the next 6 months or so, it was blatent-this and 
>> blatent-that. Like, "OMG, dude, that girl is *blatently* hot!"
>>
>> God damnit we were bored stupid...
> 
> Same thing happens once you grow up too.  I notice lots of people using 
> "basically" and "at the end of the day" way too often...  Not to mention 
> the fact that me, my girlfriend, my sister, and her boyfriend all spoke 
> to each other like Borat for a few months after we saw the film.

"Literally" is my pet hate in this regard. It's hardly ever used 
correctly in context, just as a general-purpose superlative. I'm 
literally going to kill the next person who does this in earshot. ;-D

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