Words that are too literal

[jc_jax]

I dunno.  The stick isn't literally walking.

[hatingfrancisco]

Swing Set

[Pete]

what else would you call a car wash?

I'd call it a "wet garage."  That or "automobath."

[Emo EMAW]

What do the Brits call car washes?  Something silly I bet and not so literal. 

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[star seed 7]

What do the Brits call car washes?  Something silly I bet and not so literal. 

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car wash

[Phil Titola]

what else would you call a car wash?

You could make up a new word for it?

lavehic

(Latin)

[Phil Titola]

lightbulb

keyhole

phonebooth

[Trogdor]

phone call

[Asteriskhead]

There are a lot of phrases being posted in here, not words.

[mocat]

This is a dumb thread. Do you realize words were invented for the sole reason to describe things? All these words in this thread do their jobs too well if anything

[star seed 7]

stop being mean to applejack, shitheads.  <----literal word

[Phil Titola]

This is a dumb thread. Do you realize words were invented for the sole reason to describe things? All these words in this thread do their jobs too well if anything

Do I hear "not literal enough words" thread in the works? Maybe completely wrong words like hamburger!

[mocat]

This is a dumb thread. Do you realize words were invented for the sole reason to describe things? All these words in this thread do their jobs too well if anything

Do I hear "not literal enough words" thread in the works? Maybe completely wrong words like hamburger!

Yeah that would be better.

[The Big Train]

This is a dumb thread. Do you realize words were invented for the sole reason to describe things? All these words in this thread do their jobs too well if anything

Do I hear "not literal enough words" thread in the works? Maybe completely wrong words like hamburger!

Or tacopizza

[Pete]

I think the point is that some word or phrases are SO literal that they become in appealing or harsh.  Take "fist eff" for example.  That's a very harsh, vulgar phrase.  I'm sure there must be a more eloquent way to phrase that.

[hatingfrancisco]

I think the point is that some word or phrases are SO literal that they become in appealing or harsh.  Take "fist eff" for example.  That's a very harsh, vulgar phrase.  I'm sure there must be a more eloquent way to phrase that.

sexual shoehorn 

[mocat]

I think the point is that some word or phrases are SO literal that they become in appealing or harsh.  Take "fist eff" for example.  That's a very harsh, vulgar phrase.  I'm sure there must be a more eloquent way to phrase that.

it's a harsh vulgar phrase because it's describing a harsh vulgar thing

[Mrs. Gooch]

There are a lot of phrases being posted in here, not words.

Phrases are made up of words though.

[Emo EMAW]

What do the Brits call car washes?  Something silly I bet and not so literal. 

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car wash

Really?  That's disappointing.  I figured it'd be something like lorrydilly. 

[Spracne]

This is a dumb thread. Do you realize words were invented for the sole reason to describe things? All these words in this thread do their jobs too well if anything

My man mocat spitting truth like a soothe sayer snake spits venom.  The main problem with human language is that there is rarely a 1:1 relationship between words and their meanings.  Computer language is great because data is transmitted along with metadata that explains how to interpret the data. Self-referential words ("literal") are as close as we get to perfect language.  Onomatopoeias are the only perfect words in this regard, but words can never be too literal.

[Fldermaus]

I think the point is that some word or phrases are SO literal that they become in appealing or harsh.  Take "fist eff" for example.  That's a very harsh, vulgar phrase.  I'm sure there must be a more eloquent way to phrase that.

it's a harsh vulgar phrase because it's describing a harsh vulgar thing

You can lighten the vulgarism by simply using the present participle "fisting" without the attached profanity.  The context of to to whom or up where can be added if clarity is required  [e.g. the dachshund].

[The Big Train]

Shopping cart

[420seriouscat69]

poop stain

[Mr Bread]

dry hump

[Mr Bread]

whiskey dick