Bucky wrote:Does anybody know anyone who is a "car talker"? (of course, everybody does).

symptom: they call you from the car. the pass on the relevant data/info. then, since they're driving with nothing else to do, they figure you're not doing anything else either and just blather on and on, either stretching the topic at hand or making inane comments apropos of nothing. Meanwhile, you're in a ditch trying to fix a pipe or something

my cousin mose wrote:

Bucky wrote:Does anybody know anyone who is a "car talker"? (of course, everybody does).

symptom: they call you from the car. the pass on the relevant data/info. then, since they're driving with nothing else to do, they figure you're not doing anything else either and just blather on and on, either stretching the topic at hand or making inane comments apropos of nothing. Meanwhile, you're in a ditch trying to fix a pipe or something

my wife is a big abuser of this. and she'll do it while i'm at work too.

Houshphandzadeh wrote:I think misuse of "officially" is worse and no one else seems to care

z ipper wrote:the definition of the word literally allows for it to be used in a non literal sense so it's not really being misused.

Bucky wrote:actually, it's true unfortunately. they've changed the definition to match common usage. the thing that sucks about that is there is no other word that can substitute for 'literally' in its original intended meaning.

Bucky wrote:I disagree that the word 'neither distorts or changes the meaning' (or whatever they say). The problem with the misuse of 'literally' is that there is no single synonym that can be used in its place, so the meaning needs to be kept pure to avoid ambiguity.

Bucky wrote:actually, it's true unfortunately. they've changed the definition to match common usage.