The Sunday Funnies word of the week is literally:
lit-er-al-ly |ˈlitərəlē; ˈlitrə-|adverbin a literal manner or sense; exactly : the driver took it literally when asked to go straight across the traffic circle | tiramisu, literally translated “pick me up.”• informal used for emphasis or to express strong feeling while not being literally true : I have received literally thousands of letters.USAGE In its standard use, literally means ‘in a literal sense, as opposed to a nonliteral or exaggerated sense,’: : I told him I never wanted to see him again, but I didn't expect him to take it literally . In recent years, an extended use of literally (and also literal) has become very common, where literally (or literal) is used deliberately in nonliteral contexts, for added effect: : they bought the car and literally ran it into the ground. This use can lead to unintentional humorous effects ( : we were literally killing ourselves laughing) and is not acceptable in formal English.
Truth, like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or in this case, the minds of the cartoonists, who enjoy telling the truth literally in any of its several usages.
1. He Said A Mouthful
2. Telescopic Vision
I find this Frank and Ernest comic is universally funny.
3. Abbreviation
4. Bending the Truth
5. A Colossal Misinterpretation (Those who know the poem will get the pun.)
This cartoon reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw several years ago, which read WELCOME TO ARIZONA, NOW LEAVE!
6. One man's meat...
7. Much Ado About Nothing - A Not For Naught Thought Knot
8. A Capital Example Of Lettering Literally
9. Literally Laughable on a Lot of Levels
10. When the repairman recognized his mistake, it cracked him up.
11. What's in a name?
12 a. Ouch! The punch line is literally way too obvious, not to mention offensive!
12 b. Offensively, it would seem that the knee-jerk critics agree. Ouch!
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