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When is it EVER okay to use the word BIGLY? I mean use it and not sound like a stark, raving silly?

Posted - January 24, 2017
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  • "Bigly" was once an accepted adverbial of "big" in English, but it fell out of usage over time and now is largely seen as nonstandard. Still, Trump's use of it (allegedly) could be reviving it...
      January 24, 2017 11:32 AM MST
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  • 6124
    When you are a person who comes to the realization you have been using the word "huge", "hugely", & "tremendous",  too much.

    Oh, wait.  You said ".... and not sound like a stark, raving silly."

    Never mind.
      January 24, 2017 11:50 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I would do as my President commands and say "huuuuuooooge."


    Nah, I can't do it.   I agree.  Bigly it is.
      January 24, 2017 2:10 PM MST
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  • 5354
    When is it EVER okay to use the word SILLY as a noun? I mean use it and not sound like a stark, raving dummy ;-)
      January 24, 2017 12:25 PM MST
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  • 46117
    You're a silly too.    So silly.
      January 24, 2017 12:26 PM MST
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  • 5354
    Right on. "Sillies of the World; Unite!" :-)
      January 24, 2017 12:28 PM MST
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  • 46117
    And if you are gay?  It is Ssssssssssssssssilly.
      January 24, 2017 2:10 PM MST
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  • 46117
    When I use it. 

    You wanna rumble?
      January 24, 2017 12:27 PM MST
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  • Ha
      January 24, 2017 1:37 PM MST
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  • 2327
    Bigly is great! I love using it myself. I admit that Trump turned me on to it. It's a real world, but it's also a silly word. It makes me laugh. There was a lot of debate on whether he was saying "bigly" or "big-league", but I think he liked to say both of them. Sometimes "bigly" was obvious, and at other times it was obviously "big-league". But I prefer bigly better. 
      January 24, 2017 2:44 PM MST
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  • 5354
    "prefer bigly better" ! ! ! My head is spinning too fast now :-))
      January 24, 2017 8:16 PM MST
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  • 2327
    Your head is spinning, and it's spinning fastly. Or fast-league? 

    ;p
      January 24, 2017 8:41 PM MST
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