A situation or instance that perfectly illustrates a concept or principle, often resembling the straightforward examples found in educational textbooks. This phrase is used to emphasize how directly something aligns with theoretical definitions or expectations.
When she aced the exam despite minimal studying, her success became a literal textbook example of the 'surprising outcomes' section on student performance.
by Emotional Cruiser September 19, 2025

When you make a borderline racist joke that people of said race find funny, but your teacher finds out, you are a literal piece of lettuce.
*teacher uncomfortably close*
"Are you a literal piece of lettuce?"
"What?? Of course not! I didn't make that joke!"
"Are you a literal piece of lettuce?"
"What?? Of course not! I didn't make that joke!"
by Ppgripper69420 January 11, 2021

when you have literally nothing left with a literal literally on the side of verbs
literally its everywhere
literally its everywhere
by backwards_cones March 3, 2021

slur that can only be claimed by very cool people or else ur racist and homophovbi anf transphoovic and yeah
you literally can't say that
by maricore April 4, 2023

by InterDimensionalCaterpillar August 2, 2023

Person 1: Why is my weed plant stems missing, and why my cow acting so weird.
Person 2: Oh Lord! You got a literally high cow!
Person 2: Oh Lord! You got a literally high cow!
by MST3K I like December 27, 2020
