Category Archives: Language

“Literally” Is The New “Figuratively”…And Other Word Anomalies

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Christie Stratos | Subscribe to Proof Positive by Email

Language evolution is an understandable and even necessary thing – linguists agree that when a language stops evolving, it quickly becomes a dead language. But English is undergoing an interesting type of evolution: word definitions are changing and expanding to … Continue reading →

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Be Careful How You Flash Those Descriptives…

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Christie Stratos | Subscribe to Proof Positive by Email

I was reading a take-out restaurant menu when I came across this description – look at the orange word on the first line: “Homely” vegetarian food? In America, that would insinuate “plain, unattractive” food. I’m sure that’s not what they … Continue reading →

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