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Originally posted by NotFromHere
Televised poker quickly becoming hottest craze. On Super Bowl Sunday, while CBS is into its fifteenth or sixteenth hour of pre-game features, NBC will air the World Poker Tour Tournament of Champions from the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
In the past two years, poker — specifically Texas Hold’em poker — has literally exploded in popularity.
But then again, we knew that already.
Liquor in the front, poker in the rear
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Literally exploded in popularity?
Arrrrgggh! I'm sure at some point the OED will capitulate, and list "figuratively, metaphorically" as a secondary definition. Please tell me it hasn't already.
ETA: As I posted this, Willie Garson said on Celebrity Poker Showdown, "I literally played my game one hand at a time." As did everybody else, Willie! Not literally incorrect, just meaningless.
I blame the Internet. And reality television. And to be clear,this was MNSBC's error,
not NFH's.
