Firstly; WOW! How HOT are you? Be still my beating heart! If you marry me I'll drag up as Beyonce for you!
Secondly; thank you thank you THANK YOU! Been trying to explain all that to the numb nuts this side of the pond. Morons of the UK have gone "literally" crazy using the word "literally in almost every sentence; for all the reasons you mentioned and to fill gaps between sentences. Looking at US shows from over the years, I think my lot caught it (like the RAGE virus!) from your lot! I shall
this is the same issue as the phrase "I could care less" when people really mean "I couldn't care less..." What you are doing is taking a very prescriptivist stance on the natural development of modern language which doesn't really make you smart of educated - it just makes you attempt to control something that simply cant be controlled.
I nearly kicked the TV once when someone said their child "literally" fell off the face of the Earth. I realized her child was missing though and gave her a temporary insanity pass.
All i can say is this. The people whose seriously mad about this kind of stuff are probably the same people who can't take a joke. They're probably the same people who you have to fully and technically explain something in detail or they won't understand because they believe "generalizing" is too broad to understand.
I feel you. "Literally" is misused a lot (especially by the Kardashians). Also "Like" is overused ridiculously. BY the way...that paperback comment...nice.
The misuse of the word literally is something that has been pissing me off heavily recently, I thought I was the only one who realised how stupid these people sound. I'm so glad I'm not the only one!!!!!!
@Metallideth1993 I don't see why you grammar whores are so anal about this. People use tons of other words to exaggerate what they're trying to say without knowing all the meanings ALL the time. Really? Why?
@longvue I can only answer that question in one way, and that is it's just too fucking annoying. When somebody is looking for something and claims they are "literally trying to find a needle in a haystack" it makes me want to kill them. The English language is a delicate creature that needs protection.
@Metallideth1993 The English language is already bastardized. Are you gonna make fun of a person talking in English with an accent? I see all this in a sort of a dumb way to be an elitist.
@RydianCook i wasn't intending to be funny. i was intending to be opinionated, a verb that is way over your head apparently. maybe jack should do that word next for his 'show'
You weren't trying to be funny. Never said you were. But unfortunately you were funny, because your reply to my comment was so uncalled for and not clever, that it made me laugh. Opinionated isn't over my head, and I'm not sure why you thought it was. I have an opinion. You have an opinion. We're both opinionated, everyone is. My opinion is that thus guy is not funny. Also I think he's wrong to be so pedantic. As I said in my first comment; mis-use of language is the evolution of language.
@RydianCook Actually the latter part of your first 'opinion' was uncalled for and not clever- or true. Jack himself never stated that he or his videos are or were ever going to be funny. So to post that as if he did was an ignorant move. But i do agree with the beginning of your comment. Thats espacially true where I'm from (the south).
It's prose give it a rest. It's like saying "everyone does it." Not everyone does it but it gives emphasis which makes conversation a little more interesting.
Thank you. Thank you so god damn much. This video perfectly captures how pissed off I have I have been at the rediculous over and misuse of this word. Just the other day, I saw a commercial for some sort of debt alleviation service, in which one of the men they interviewed actually said the phrase, "I was literally drowning in debt" and I nearly shit my pants in rage. So just thanks again. You give me hope for society... at least a little
Well for those who rated me a thumbs down they do and you see it on tv all the time. You don't see Turkish people and other Muslims running around Bomb Strapped trying to blow up every thing because it's hot outside.
You "literally" took this from actor and comedian David Cross. Next you should take Louis C.K.'s hilarious bit, so you can point out StickTownProductions misuse of 'hilarious." That way you can be a true Dane Cook douche bag wanna-be on Youtube. Way to go, you literally suck balls.
Language police are more annoying than the offenders they prattle on about. The "misuse" of the word has been around for centuries. Such books as Little Women, Tom Sawyer, The Great Gatsby, all use the word in a figurative sense.
I guess any jackass fancies himself a clever fucker when he thinks he's discovered something.
Yes! Spot on, my good fellow. We've been talking about this at work for literally two years now. It is super-duper annoying! Bill O'Reilly, FOX "News," and the like are guilty... literally.
Literally is used in this country, as well as in Great Britain and Canada to emphasize. Yes, it is hyperbole. I literally died laughing when I saw this video and read the comments.
Sometimes I literally (not virtually, not nearly, not practically, not really) want to punch people when I hear them mis- and overuse the word. Thanks for this informative and entertaining video.
I fucking hate it! I had an english teacher my junior year in high school who misused the word literally at least once a day. It got to a point where whenever he said it I would just shout out the word "figuratively"
It's probably the most annoying American dialect phenomenon I've ever experienced.
i moved to the united states jus recentely n i heard the word"literally" to often so i wz lookin online in a dictionary wot does exactly dis word mean n i found literally dis video.lol
A friend of mine said, "I would have died! Literally!" and I said back, thinking of this video, "No, you would have died figuartively." There was a pause, then I started laughing. She didn't get it. :P
i do that often to. i can't get the words out right sometimes and for some reason i say it. then my friends will say i repeated the same word twice i i didn't realize it. thank goodness it doesn't happen when i'm typing.
Litterally means it is written down(as in literature)... so therefore all those things you said are wrong. But you are litterally great(because its written down!), and I like your videos.
It's astounding how many of these comments contain an incorrect spelling of 'literally' even though the word is pasted on the screen not more than 15 inches from their eyes. Obviously the sort of monkeys that have no idea how to speak, let alone spell.
Jack, you need a cable show! You crack me up. Thank you for saying things I think lots of people are thinking! At least we hope other people think this way.
I understand and mostly agree with you.. BUT I must say something: I don't really think that the word "figuratively" adds emphasis to a sentence that is, obviously, a metaphor. In those cases, I generally forgive the misuse of "literally", because it's still a metaphor! I know that the word is essentially an antagonist of metaphors, and on the other hand, you're trying to protect the nature of the word, but... I don't know, I have a mixture of arguments in my head xD
You know, I'm from Argentina, and here we have a word that is as misused as "literally" and it's "posta", which is slung for "de veras, en serio" (really, seriously). We use it the same way you guys use literally, in the end of any crazy metaphor, to emphasize.. And well, it's just clear (to me, at least) that it's a metaphor, that we don't really mean that actually happened..
Blah, I don't know, I find it quite cool that language is what we speak, it mutates as it's spoken and/or written (mainly with internet going on, and.. well, you got the picture). Anyway, it's also VERY interesting to understand and remember the roots of the words we say so much, so we don't act like parrots most of the time..
I loved your video! The misuse of 'literally' has bugged me for a long time, and I was going to post something about it too, till I saw yours! Hilarious!
When language changes and evolves (in the way that the use of 'literally' has), it is the product of a change in the collective usage of several million speakers and not the product of just one or even several 'lazy' people. We speak English very very differently from the way people spoke it five hundred years ago. Our modern day version is neither superior nor inferior.
No, I didn't. I've never seen Cross do a bit on the word literally, and if I had used anything I would cite it as a source. Even so, I find it hard to believe that he discussed the word using the same examples and presentation.
Oh gosh! Someone else who's frustrated by the misuse of literally!! You're young, you're hip, I think you are the one who can bring this message to the hoodz on the streetz!
I guess the next time I ghost-write a script for my news anchors, I'll have to work in the word "figuratively." Then I can record it off the television, send you a copy, and you can "literally" jump for joy...by the way, very nice video dude, I agree.
Thank you so much... I hate when people confuse that. Hopefully people will start to say "figuratively" more often instead of literally using the wrong word.
ohhh i ACTUALLY love you. Honestly i picked up my English pre text study, which we have to analyse at home, and one article said ' But they attacked the US Negotiating teams refusal' and i didn't know the word because obviously they DIDN'T acutalli attack them they just said they didn't like it and i was trying to think of a word, then i remembered!!! i saw ur video and, low and behold i found my answer ... figurative!
One I loved, "He literally had them in the palm of his hands." No, he didn't.
TobiasBoon1980 3 weeks ago
omg i love you for this.
emilydianec 3 weeks ago
(there's a limit it appears!)
I shall be posting a link to your video to many people and on many FB profiles.
You just ROCKED my world! ROAR! ; P
bubbachix 4 months ago
Firstly; WOW! How HOT are you? Be still my beating heart! If you marry me I'll drag up as Beyonce for you!
Secondly; thank you thank you THANK YOU! Been trying to explain all that to the numb nuts this side of the pond. Morons of the UK have gone "literally" crazy using the word "literally in almost every sentence; for all the reasons you mentioned and to fill gaps between sentences. Looking at US shows from over the years, I think my lot caught it (like the RAGE virus!) from your lot! I shall
bubbachix 4 months ago
this is the same issue as the phrase "I could care less" when people really mean "I couldn't care less..." What you are doing is taking a very prescriptivist stance on the natural development of modern language which doesn't really make you smart of educated - it just makes you attempt to control something that simply cant be controlled.
wholegreaterthansum 5 months ago
Awesome! Funny! And correct! Thanks, Jack.
PS To the people who use the word "literally" to mean "figuratively": How am I supposed to know when you mean "literally"?
psychicgrrl1 7 months ago
It's digestive tract, not track.
djhunter61 7 months ago
"you literally have the best of both worlds." is that wrong?
TheSandyPlace 8 months ago
@TheSandyPlace yes, there is only one world, unless you're talking about a whole other planet.
MDMart 7 months ago
you spelled "obsession" incorrectly...
TheErinmargaret 9 months ago
@TheErinmargaret where does it say that?
TheSandyPlace 8 months ago
i had fucking issues to pronounce this
SadlyLate 10 months ago
literally, ~
loveS2sarang 10 months ago
Grammar whores are one of the worst things on the Internet.
longvue 10 months ago
@longvue Trumped only by poor-grammar whores.
Aldeni1551 8 months ago
I nearly kicked the TV once when someone said their child "literally" fell off the face of the Earth. I realized her child was missing though and gave her a temporary insanity pass.
WispierTetrahedrons 10 months ago
I'm going to live my life in literal terms...literally :)
Unitedweskankac 11 months ago
Digestive TRACT. not track. put that in your dictionary and suck it. or make a video about it ;)
notchmedia 1 year ago
All i can say is this. The people whose seriously mad about this kind of stuff are probably the same people who can't take a joke. They're probably the same people who you have to fully and technically explain something in detail or they won't understand because they believe "generalizing" is too broad to understand.
longvue 1 year ago
This video is actually ahead of it's time for YouTube videos from 2007...quality wise
Winslow09 1 year ago
Digestive TRACT.
bordarboy 1 year ago
I've started to notice people doing the same thing with the word "essentially". Using it almost once every sentence, it's amazing.
TheFragile89 1 year ago
I'm glad someone has pointing this out.
My friends are "literally" retarded, and they overuse the word sooo much.
ElsewhereEyes 1 year ago
I feel you. "Literally" is misused a lot (especially by the Kardashians). Also "Like" is overused ridiculously. BY the way...that paperback comment...nice.
KrfNYC2 1 year ago
i literally got sick of watching this shit video like 5 seconds in
supdawg9999999 1 year ago
literally kill yourself
itsmu 1 year ago
Here's a misuse:
I literally laughed at this video.
FunnyBecauseItsTrue 1 year ago 2
This is so awesome I think I just caught fire. LITERALLY.
wait what- AHHHHHHHHH HELP ME AHHHHHH! PLEASE CALL 911!
ConnorisaSnowman 1 year ago
The misuse of the word literally is something that has been pissing me off heavily recently, I thought I was the only one who realised how stupid these people sound. I'm so glad I'm not the only one!!!!!!
Metallideth1993 1 year ago 21
@Metallideth1993 I don't see why you grammar whores are so anal about this. People use tons of other words to exaggerate what they're trying to say without knowing all the meanings ALL the time. Really? Why?
longvue 1 year ago
@longvue I can only answer that question in one way, and that is it's just too fucking annoying. When somebody is looking for something and claims they are "literally trying to find a needle in a haystack" it makes me want to kill them. The English language is a delicate creature that needs protection.
Metallideth1993 1 year ago
@Metallideth1993 The English language is already bastardized. Are you gonna make fun of a person talking in English with an accent? I see all this in a sort of a dumb way to be an elitist.
longvue 1 year ago
@longvue I've never seen somebody so adamant to defend stupidity......
Metallideth1993 1 year ago
@Metallideth1993 Or maybe we need to, I dunno, be more laid back about something so small?
longvue 1 year ago
@longvue Oh how I envy you squire.
Metallideth1993 1 year ago
@longvue If it's such a small issue, then why do you continue replying to my meaningless comments?
Metallideth1993 1 year ago
At 0:52 I get like that when someone drinks all the kool-aid.
ksb78 2 years ago
This video was great!
walleg16 2 years ago
i dont get it
JerkMaster101 2 years ago
this was really annoying
sugarfreecum 2 years ago
Pedantic. The mis-use of language is the evolution of language. Also: you're not funny.
RydianCook 2 years ago
to rydiancook: well then, prick...you're not funny
TheSpontaneousWonder 2 years ago
@TheSpontaneousWonder Ha ha ha ha! This comeback is truly awful.
RydianCook 2 years ago
@RydianCook i wasn't intending to be funny. i was intending to be opinionated, a verb that is way over your head apparently. maybe jack should do that word next for his 'show'
TheSpontaneousWonder 2 years ago
You weren't trying to be funny. Never said you were. But unfortunately you were funny, because your reply to my comment was so uncalled for and not clever, that it made me laugh. Opinionated isn't over my head, and I'm not sure why you thought it was. I have an opinion. You have an opinion. We're both opinionated, everyone is. My opinion is that thus guy is not funny. Also I think he's wrong to be so pedantic. As I said in my first comment; mis-use of language is the evolution of language.
RydianCook 2 years ago
@RydianCook Actually the latter part of your first 'opinion' was uncalled for and not clever- or true. Jack himself never stated that he or his videos are or were ever going to be funny. So to post that as if he did was an ignorant move. But i do agree with the beginning of your comment. Thats espacially true where I'm from (the south).
imClubSandwich 2 years ago
2:55 fail
jk
funny vid
ThaWastelandDOTcom 2 years ago
Nice purge!
anothernick 2 years ago
This video was so awesome that I laughed my ass off. Literally.
ShawnD1 2 years ago
lol...next to shit,fuck and hell!....dat killed me. literally!
datkai1 2 years ago 4
something similar was on how i met your mother :)
kapsakorsten 2 years ago
" im not above begging " CLASSIC
microdroid 2 years ago
It's prose give it a rest. It's like saying "everyone does it." Not everyone does it but it gives emphasis which makes conversation a little more interesting.
myroc1 2 years ago
It,s bad prose it adds nothing,it,s just a pointless filler.
flyya531 2 years ago
Thank you. Thank you so god damn much. This video perfectly captures how pissed off I have I have been at the rediculous over and misuse of this word. Just the other day, I saw a commercial for some sort of debt alleviation service, in which one of the men they interviewed actually said the phrase, "I was literally drowning in debt" and I nearly shit my pants in rage. So just thanks again. You give me hope for society... at least a little
thepopeisinmypants 2 years ago
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princessbcakes 2 years ago
Loved the explosion scene from "The Last Action Hero".
aznajwa 2 years ago
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JTT41 2 years ago
haha so much better than hot for words.
The1stPoster 2 years ago 14
the worst bail ever ..... LITERALLY
Faguar1 2 years ago
Well for those who rated me a thumbs down they do and you see it on tv all the time. You don't see Turkish people and other Muslims running around Bomb Strapped trying to blow up every thing because it's hot outside.
HuntersX2NCreations 2 years ago
lol
HuntersX2NCreations 2 years ago
That was fabulous!
THUPERMON 2 years ago
Actually because you said that, I'll start using the word figuratively more often.
HuntersX2NCreations 2 years ago
lol well east Muslims literally explode themselves
HuntersX2NCreations 2 years ago
Well, yeah.
sweffe96 2 years ago
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viper20010 2 years ago
Shit fuck ass or hell.
hiiiitman 2 years ago
Literally cracked!
Novjunulo 2 years ago
I purposely misuse it because it's funny.
MKreidler 2 years ago
HAHAHAHA!!!
jezevec137 2 years ago
It can be used as an intensive before a figurative expression. :) so calm down.
JinxedOut 2 years ago
Not to be a bitch, but yes it CAN be, and is, but that doesn't mean it's proper or correct.
handlewithcare2 2 years ago
You "literally" took this from actor and comedian David Cross. Next you should take Louis C.K.'s hilarious bit, so you can point out StickTownProductions misuse of 'hilarious." That way you can be a true Dane Cook douche bag wanna-be on Youtube. Way to go, you literally suck balls.
bennybig28 2 years ago
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HuntersX2NCreations 2 years ago
THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! I hate it when people use the word "literally" and actually think it makes them sound smarter.
shoddhead 2 years ago
and yet he's willing TO BOLDLY SPLIT THE INFINITIVE
heysuperlisa 2 years ago
lol i love this!!:DDDD
Atkamon 2 years ago
I always hate the way it is always misused.
BenjaminWirtz 2 years ago
I just figuratively choked on my food from giggling!
Rosalila 3 years ago
Hella is just hella agramentational.
BobtheUserName 3 years ago
Nice! How about the misuse of the word: Actually
huhster783 3 years ago
This literally hilarious, literally witty, and lit- I mean- figuratively brilliant!
SticktownProductions 3 years ago
figuratively.
stuckinurviews88 3 years ago
you suck
stuckinurviews88 3 years ago
Fucker!!
Tangowizard 3 years ago
Omg watch QVC they say literally all the flipping time! Its literally annoying!
TheFlemos 3 years ago
damn you're fucking right
gmodman123 3 years ago
Why do you care so much?
BrentRacioppo1 3 years ago
that is pretty sad. They are using literally for the exact opposite purpose.
GodofChaos45 3 years ago
i love the SNL skit were theres a chick who says literally after every sentence. it's soo freaking funny... literally.
carnyprincess 3 years ago
Amen. Seriously.
fademedown 3 years ago
i literally watched 45 secs of this
sweatpants1212 3 years ago
Language police are more annoying than the offenders they prattle on about. The "misuse" of the word has been around for centuries. Such books as Little Women, Tom Sawyer, The Great Gatsby, all use the word in a figurative sense.
I guess any jackass fancies himself a clever fucker when he thinks he's discovered something.
Briantaco 3 years ago
This was litteraly horrible.
Rurikar 3 years ago
Digestive "tract" not "track".
PooManChu 3 years ago
"$5000 dollar dress"? Nice one, English boy.
hello3812 3 years ago
Yes! Spot on, my good fellow. We've been talking about this at work for literally two years now. It is super-duper annoying! Bill O'Reilly, FOX "News," and the like are guilty... literally.
catanarchy 3 years ago
Using 'figuratively' to emphasize your statement, as suggested in this video, is just like saying 'the earth literally cracked'. You don't need to.
Certainly 3 years ago
good i'm not the only one who's noticed...
greenview14 3 years ago
Hi Jack,
Literally is used in this country, as well as in Great Britain and Canada to emphasize. Yes, it is hyperbole. I literally died laughing when I saw this video and read the comments.
whymetooalso 3 years ago
Sometimes I literally (not virtually, not nearly, not practically, not really) want to punch people when I hear them mis- and overuse the word. Thanks for this informative and entertaining video.
heathcliffhuxtable 3 years ago
I'm obsessed with you.
joydewing 3 years ago 3
yeah, he can do that!!!
Myostym 3 years ago
I think I am too...come on~
robertbaldwinxu 3 years ago
Nice 24 clip.
redsoxfan3418 3 years ago
LOL I really got to get as paper bag lmao
Waterlover47 3 years ago
i love the end, clever :)
derfederfinkle 3 years ago
I fucking hate it! I had an english teacher my junior year in high school who misused the word literally at least once a day. It got to a point where whenever he said it I would just shout out the word "figuratively"
It's probably the most annoying American dialect phenomenon I've ever experienced.
huzza 3 years ago
i moved to the united states jus recentely n i heard the word"literally" to often so i wz lookin online in a dictionary wot does exactly dis word mean n i found literally dis video.lol
shapqat 3 years ago
Ignorant people like me need more of these videos so get on it.
DFURY09 3 years ago
You should offer these vids up to the public ed system! They may bleep some language, but I think the kids would pay attention!
Tabberwacky 3 years ago 2
you are the closest thing to god.
MahBallsInYourMouth 3 years ago
Lol that was great.
NovxST 3 years ago
this was funny, literally! LOL
iamnotchanging 3 years ago
Its often use is to emphasize something jokingly, after all it is often used casually.
So we should all get over it
RobertNicholls 3 years ago
Literally is useful precisely because it tells the reader/listener that you really do mean exactly what you said, no joke, no methaphors, no bullshit.
If you co-opt literally to mean something else the word is no longer useful and the rest of us have to find a new word that replaces literally.
soylentgreenb 3 years ago
A friend of mine said, "I would have died! Literally!" and I said back, thinking of this video, "No, you would have died figuartively." There was a pause, then I started laughing. She didn't get it. :P
KataratheTrekkie 4 years ago 2
What about the word actually...because it's actually used alot, actually. You know what I'm sayin'?
Blaize2001 4 years ago
i do that often to. i can't get the words out right sometimes and for some reason i say it. then my friends will say i repeated the same word twice i i didn't realize it. thank goodness it doesn't happen when i'm typing.
flamekeepr 3 years ago
HAHAHAHA!! great!
StarrEllen 4 years ago
"basically" is the most annoying, overused crutch word....literally
tardbuster007 4 years ago
I'm glad to see not everyone is unaware of how badly "literally" is being misused. Bravo. P.S. Sorry for the double negative.
mrhat1065 4 years ago
Litterally means it is written down(as in literature)... so therefore all those things you said are wrong. But you are litterally great(because its written down!), and I like your videos.
cooloser07 4 years ago
oh plus i can't spell. sorry
cooloser07 4 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
erm not funny
krisssss69 4 years ago
LOLLLL at the clothes part!!!!!!
harobikes3three3 4 years ago
Your video literally rocks.
logain2006 4 years ago
got it!
disneyofparis 4 years ago
she is so not a size 2.yeah maby a UK size 3[yup imma bitch]
lemialone 4 years ago
yay!! i so agree i am jumping with joy figuratively!!!!
(i am LITERALLY sitting down)
bethb88 4 years ago
I adore you!
SkrinkDaSkrodluva 4 years ago
Its funny cuz in New York we pronounce it "littaly"
That pisses you off doesn't it
lvia00 4 years ago
wow that was funny I litteraly pissed myself
joshlerd 4 years ago
i;m the same way with soymilk
NameIsAllTheSame 4 years ago
It's astounding how many of these comments contain an incorrect spelling of 'literally' even though the word is pasted on the screen not more than 15 inches from their eyes. Obviously the sort of monkeys that have no idea how to speak, let alone spell.
MonsieurRedMonkey 4 years ago
jack. i love you.
JFatale 4 years ago
Great ! Funny !
xtreme1771 4 years ago
Hahahaha
klanda 4 years ago
figurtivly
zelfire777 4 years ago
using literally as a joke when replying to this video is NOT funny. don't do it kids.
myloisalegend 4 years ago
I hate it when people use literally wrong...... literally!!!!XDXDXD
Ligerofthelillies 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
hey post a comment on my vidio telling me what is "NORMAL"
PumpUpTheeJam 4 years ago
literally bravo
Vrichn 4 years ago
woah, when i watchd this vid, it literally blew my mind. it rocks...lterally...hehe
the7thwreck 4 years ago
you KNOW HOW ANGRY I GET WHEN I CANT HAVE MY SOYA MILK! LOL
jadenyuki007 4 years ago
Jack, you need a cable show! You crack me up. Thank you for saying things I think lots of people are thinking! At least we hope other people think this way.
chinchillas2cool 4 years ago
I understand and mostly agree with you.. BUT I must say something: I don't really think that the word "figuratively" adds emphasis to a sentence that is, obviously, a metaphor. In those cases, I generally forgive the misuse of "literally", because it's still a metaphor! I know that the word is essentially an antagonist of metaphors, and on the other hand, you're trying to protect the nature of the word, but... I don't know, I have a mixture of arguments in my head xD
NarwenEressea 4 years ago
You know, I'm from Argentina, and here we have a word that is as misused as "literally" and it's "posta", which is slung for "de veras, en serio" (really, seriously). We use it the same way you guys use literally, in the end of any crazy metaphor, to emphasize.. And well, it's just clear (to me, at least) that it's a metaphor, that we don't really mean that actually happened..
NarwenEressea 4 years ago
Blah, I don't know, I find it quite cool that language is what we speak, it mutates as it's spoken and/or written (mainly with internet going on, and.. well, you got the picture). Anyway, it's also VERY interesting to understand and remember the roots of the words we say so much, so we don't act like parrots most of the time..
NarwenEressea 4 years ago
I loved your video! The misuse of 'literally' has bugged me for a long time, and I was going to post something about it too, till I saw yours! Hilarious!
dougng 4 years ago
I literally lol'ed
maktoob110 4 years ago
Jack I have now watched several of your videos and I think they are brilliant. You are a genuinely funny guy and I obviously enjoy your stuff.
PrezLeefun 4 years ago
well, i think when people use litearlly wrong they are being sarcastic or using verbal irony or whatever. at least sometimes.
pinballwizardwalrus 4 years ago
VERY FUNNY
Spooky099 4 years ago
woo! Thanks so much, dude, this made me laugh!
Ancodi 4 years ago
I just watched this video.. literally.
jacobbjames333 4 years ago
I will become a trend-setter and start using "figuratively". Just watch, I'll do it. Literally.
ChicoBling15 4 years ago
When language changes and evolves (in the way that the use of 'literally' has), it is the product of a change in the collective usage of several million speakers and not the product of just one or even several 'lazy' people. We speak English very very differently from the way people spoke it five hundred years ago. Our modern day version is neither superior nor inferior.
breagadoir 4 years ago
hahah
GoGlowy 4 years ago
yeh, but literally sounds so much better! :-)
stagetech101 4 years ago
Jack you stole this from David Cross' act.
Filmnerd81 4 years ago
No, I didn't. I've never seen Cross do a bit on the word literally, and if I had used anything I would cite it as a source. Even so, I find it hard to believe that he discussed the word using the same examples and presentation.
JackDanyells 4 years ago
literally isn't the most overused word.. like is and thanks SOOOOOO MUCH for actually putting up my response
rainysquirel 4 years ago
that was grawsome~lol
Jess1028 4 years ago
Okay, how about "atypical" when people actually mean typical. That one makes me crazy.
0584455 4 years ago
this was figuratively awesome
totoum 4 years ago
you forgot pimp in the series of over used words
ToasterOven11 4 years ago
as soon as i finished watching this video, i turned on the tv, and the anchor used the word "literally" WRONGG!! haha.. it made me laughhh...
iceblufenix 4 years ago
Oh gosh! Someone else who's frustrated by the misuse of literally!! You're young, you're hip, I think you are the one who can bring this message to the hoodz on the streetz!
bokualec 4 years ago
Thanks for the English lesson!
ExDeathZERO 4 years ago
I guess the next time I ghost-write a script for my news anchors, I'll have to work in the word "figuratively." Then I can record it off the television, send you a copy, and you can "literally" jump for joy...by the way, very nice video dude, I agree.
jtho8275 4 years ago
I haven't watched every single one of your videos or anything but I found this to be the funniest in a very long time.
SonnyCorleone 4 years ago
LOL. "if he'd LITTERALLY exploded, there would have been a lot bigger mess to clean up."
you are hilarious.
ksistphe 4 years ago
i figuratively laughed my ass off.
Sionny 4 years ago
I love you. FIGURATIVELY!
I laughed at this video 12 times. LITERALLY!
Thank you so much... I hate when people confuse that. Hopefully people will start to say "figuratively" more often instead of literally using the wrong word.
~Rebirth
rebirthflames 4 years ago
Thank you for being here.
waitronunit41 4 years ago
Rofl
Addue 4 years ago
wow that was pretty funny! i literally fell out of my chair. and it hurt. very nice!
NYGuy207 4 years ago
haha awesome vid...i always thought about this topic
ChromeCelica00 4 years ago
thanks, Jack! This stuff really helped me on my Sat's today!
Ariya 4 years ago
ohhh i ACTUALLY love you. Honestly i picked up my English pre text study, which we have to analyse at home, and one article said ' But they attacked the US Negotiating teams refusal' and i didn't know the word because obviously they DIDN'T acutalli attack them they just said they didn't like it and i was trying to think of a word, then i remembered!!! i saw ur video and, low and behold i found my answer ... figurative!
LoveLove
-x-
kittycate44 4 years ago
LOL