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 November 3, 2025
Get the literal textbook examplemug. Hym "Technically I didn't, but literally you are. I technically didn't do the thing you're pissed about but you are literally doing the thing I am pissed about. Therefore, only one of us has an excuse to be pissed-off right now... So here...🖕 There's a finger for you... It's a good one too! It's the 'action finger' as I like to call it..."
by Hym Iam April 28, 2023
Get the Technically I didn't, But Literally You Aremug. I was driving on bald tires, but when I thought of the words "I'm planning on making a new fortune blue Mustang 5.0 liter", I rejoice!
by Matthew John Zappala January 26, 2025
Get the I'm planning on making a new fortune blue Mustang 5.0 litermug. the definition of something literal, actual, real. not to be confused with figuratively, the complete opposite or littoral, of anything near the shore or coast of a body of water.
correct usage:
1) I literally made this post at 12:15am.
2) The woman literally just fell from the sky.
incorrect usage:
1) I literally ate shit in FS2020/GTA/DCS/any other flying game. (you didn't literally consume fecal matter, did you?)
2) Destroyers have limited capability in the littorals. (literally wrong context and doesn't even end in -ly ya dingus did you play too much Sea of Thieves?)
1) I literally made this post at 12:15am.
2) The woman literally just fell from the sky.
incorrect usage:
1) I literally ate shit in FS2020/GTA/DCS/any other flying game. (you didn't literally consume fecal matter, did you?)
2) Destroyers have limited capability in the littorals. (literally wrong context and doesn't even end in -ly ya dingus did you play too much Sea of Thieves?)
by don'tbeadummy March 14, 2022
Get the literallymug. girl 1: oh my god can you believe that the boy next class liked my photo??
girl2: OMG i literally cannot.
girl2: OMG i literally cannot.
by bruh momentinum September 22, 2019
Get the OMG i literally cannot.mug. *adds emphasis*
It's operates in a similar vein to the peppering of four letter words throughout a conversation, merely placing emphasis upon the encapsulating phrase, or the sentence as a whole.
It's like *look here, pay attention to me while I say this, though it is probably insubstantial and you might not want to regard it as wholly accurate if it is substantial.*
It's operates in a similar vein to the peppering of four letter words throughout a conversation, merely placing emphasis upon the encapsulating phrase, or the sentence as a whole.
It's like *look here, pay attention to me while I say this, though it is probably insubstantial and you might not want to regard it as wholly accurate if it is substantial.*
The earlier posts literally made such a big deal about the word being misused.
I literally had to correct that shit.
People are taking the definition of literally far too literally; I mean LITERALLY.
This is urban dictionary, it's literally made for incorrect colloquial usage cases. (this one happens to be both at once, which is likely why children first learn a mistaken use case)
I literally had to correct that shit.
People are taking the definition of literally far too literally; I mean LITERALLY.
This is urban dictionary, it's literally made for incorrect colloquial usage cases. (this one happens to be both at once, which is likely why children first learn a mistaken use case)
by ᛒᚱᛖᛉ February 26, 2021
Get the literallymug. by Batmantopgallinone January 17, 2023
Get the Literallymug.