Ever since I heard Dan Dierdorf say during a Colts-Chiefs game a few years ago, "Peyton Manning is literally carving up the Chiefs defense right now," I have been fascinated by people using the word incorrectly. Why? Because Manning wasn't running around the field with a samurai sword chopping linebackers' arms off. Dierdorf, of course, should have said "really" instead, thereby both emphasizing how great Manning was performing while continuing to keep the metaphorical nature of the action alive.
Stephen F. Hayes is with me. For more reading, click on the link within the link to get to his article on this topic.
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This always makes me so happy. What a bunch of douchebags...
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