Literally a nightcap

[girlyswot]

Nobody quite guessed the identity of the mystery object. It was, in fact, a nightcap.

Which leads me on to one of the most exciting things that happened while I was in England. I met the brother of this man. He has literally gone from A (in Norway) to B (in Nebraska), on a tandem picking up hitchhikers including Miss Universe, along the way. He's literally lost his marbles and taught an old dog new tricks. And now, he's literally invited someone in for a nightcap. I was happy to help and expect to become famous the world over as nightcap-knitter to the stars.

So join the revolution now! Let's stop people using the word 'literally' to mean 'figuratively' and start taking them at their word.

Comments

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

Or even just 'make enquiries'. Or 'enquire'. That strikes me as something that happens a LOT here in the US - people use unnecessarily complicated ways with big words to say straightforward and simple things.

SU?

[peverell.livejournal.com]

The Spousal Unit. :-) He has various nicknames according to mood.

[girlyswot.livejournal.com]

Ah. I was trying to work out something from Significant Other but I could only come up with Significant Undertaker which seemed singularly inappropriate!