RIP Robert Hazard

[Gazoo]

Writer of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," of pancreatic cancer, at 59:

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/26369639.html

[RGMike]

Writer of "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," of pancreatic cancer, at 59:

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/26369639.html

"Escalator of Life" is a great New wave obscurity that got a lot of NY airplay.

[Tinka Cat]

"He was one of the biggest local performers ever," said Chuck Darrow, a Daily News reporter
who was Hazard's road manager in the '80s. "He literally exploded out of Philadelphia."

I'm guessing he had some lingering effects from being literally exploded that might've contributed to his demise.

one of my pet peeves is the misuse of that word.  I see it everywhere -- or at least I notice when I see it.    

Of all words to use correctly, you literally have to use that one to mean what you say. 

[urth]

"He was one of the biggest local performers ever," said Chuck Darrow, a Daily News reporter
who was Hazard's road manager in the '80s. "He literally exploded out of Philadelphia."

I'm guessing he had some lingering effects from being literally exploded that might've contributed to his demise.

one of my pet peeves is the misuse of that word.  I see it everywhere -- or at least I notice when I see it.    

Of all words to use correctly, you literally have to use that one to mean what you say. 

TC, you fit in well here. We have several amateur copy editors in our number, as well as two of us who do it professionally. (And the misuse of "literal" sticks in my craw as well.)

[mshray]

Of all words to use correctly, you literally have to use that one to mean what you say. 

Well put, and I also agree completely, which is to say 100%, not any of those theoretical percentages above 100.

Another of mine, which almost every single sportscaster misuses when he wants to add to a point made by his partner, is 'allude'.  If something has been stated, it is by definiftion not an allusion.  Misusing this word not only doesn't make these guys seem smarter, but also generally leads to fractured syntax.

Pretty much the only guy in our lifetimes to make actual allusions in the broadcast booth was Dennis Miller during his brief stint on MNF.

[Gazoo]

"He was one of the biggest local performers ever," said Chuck Darrow, a Daily News reporter
who was Hazard's road manager in the '80s. "He literally exploded out of Philadelphia."

I'm guessing he had some lingering effects from being literally exploded that might've contributed to his demise.

one of my pet peeves is the misuse of that word.  I see it everywhere -- or at least I notice when I see it.    

Of all words to use correctly, you literally have to use that one to mean what you say. 

TC, you fit in well here. We have several amateur copy editors in our number, as well as two of us who do it professionally. (And the misuse of "literal" sticks in my craw as well.)

Me three/four/more.  I frequently tell people about two examples I actually heard on TV newscasts in the '90s: "Jason Giambi literally carried the A's into the playoffs," and (my favorite) "the crowd literally went wild!"  I watched the latter with my late friend Brandon, who turned to me and in quizzical response said: "They started fucking in the trees?"