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What it means when you say "literally" - The Oatmeal

theoatmeal.com — This comic will LITERALLY make butterflies explode from your underpants. Sep 21, 2010

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canyoucountSep 21, 2010Buried

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Dugg for the Gayroller 2000. I live in San Francisco and the Pride parade is LITERALLY EXACTLY LIKE THAT.

fightfortruthSep 21, 2010Buried

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I figuratively pissed myself laughing at this comic!

oatmealSep 21, 2010Buried

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Anyone know any other good examples of the mis-use of literally? If someone provides one that's super mega rad I'll happily illustrate it.

wonnk13Sep 21, 2010Buried

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dugg for gayroller.

namcoSep 21, 2010Buried

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I literally read this.

jenSep 21, 2010Buried

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I literally dugg this for the gayroller image.

exekutorSep 22, 2010Buried

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I did it literally :(

oatmealSep 21, 2010Buried

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the shirt has no bearing on the comic - it's just an internal ad for the shop (it just looks a bit weird below the gayroller because the artwork is similar)

unfriendlyfireSep 21, 2010Buried

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"I was literally scared to death"

15stepSep 21, 2010Buried

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That bean burrito literally set my butt hole on fire later that night.

favreismSep 22, 2010Buried

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There's a current car commercial for Dodge that uses the slogan "the car that literally gave birth to the sports car." As soon as I saw that commercial I started envisioning little baby Dodge Chargers covered in amniotic goo, their proud red Dodge Viper and red Dodge Durango parents looking on. But wait, why is the baby car black? (cut to a black Corvette nailing the Viper in the tailpipe.)

flipsparrow86Sep 21, 2010Buried

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I literally (insert situational occurrence which would deem the statement humorous if factually accurate)

supernova36Sep 21, 2010Buried

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In the UK its in extremely common (an irritating) usage amongst football/soccer commentators. Actual examples:
"He is quite literally on fire"
“He literally turns into a greyhound.”
“This new ball is going quicker than ever; it literally explodes off the player’s foot.”
“He had to cut back inside onto his left, because he literally hasn’t got a right foot”
"He's literally run himself into the ground"

namcoSep 21, 2010Buried

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"I like literally laughed my ass off! har har har "

pamesteSep 22, 2010Buried

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I literally attended a litter rally.

cloudberriesSep 21, 2010Buried

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No, no that's not acceptable. I would literally hunt you down and force feed you macadamia nuts if you used that and meant it. Literally.

gordeaouxSep 21, 2010Buried

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Maybe Digg hasn't completely died after all.

slackbabbathSep 21, 2010Buried

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I literally flew out of my chair.

wolfgang5feetSep 22, 2010Buried

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I'd call David Cross first. He has this whole "literally" thing racked up and ready for break... literally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ly1UTgiBXM

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