"From an X perspective" - is this the new "literally"?

[randal]

Either I'm cracking up, or this phrase has become incredibly widespread in a very short space of time. All of a sudden everyone from colleagues at work to randoms on YouTube to my other half are delivering points and counterpoints prefixing their sentence with "From such and such a perspective..."

I've found myself saying it a couple of times, and have had to reel myself back in.

Anyone else noticed this, or is it just from my perspective?

Or from another perspective, should I just eat pancakes and forget about it? Like, literally.

 

[touch]

From a forumite's perspective, this is literally a crap thread.

 

[Whitewater]

I’ve literally no idea.

 

[drakulton]

So, it could be worse. You could've started the sentence with 'so'.

 

[Deleted User 298457]

Sounds like an IRL dowie hole

 

[Malevolence]

So, it could be worse. You could've started the sentence with 'so'.

So basically, what you're literally saying is...

 

[randal]

Sounds like an IRL dowie hole

We'd need more deflection for that.

 

[200sols]

No.

 

[dave28]

Never seen it in my life, sounds like what people in the posh side of California might say thinking they are better than everyone else

 

[Jokester]

This has blown up from a Star Wars meme, only taken, what 40 years?

 

[arknor]

From an insects perspective we are literally giants, from the Talibans perspective we are the terrorist mafia.

 

[builder22]

I dunno if I've heard it or not, if I have it hasn't bothered me...guaranteed I'll notice it now tho

 

[drakulton]

So basically, what you're literally saying is...

yes

 

[d_brennen]

So, it could be worse. You could've started the sentence with 'so'.

And 7AM motorbike deliveries

 

[drakulton]

And 7AM motorbike deliveries

yes

 

[randal]

And 7AM motorbike deliveries

Inconsiderate Sainsbury's drivers, Shirley?

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

"Moving forward" is what everyone seem to be saying lately.

"What will we do tomorrow moving forward?"

To me it seems to be extra ("weasel") words put into a sentence that isn't needed, like the OP's literally / x perspective example.

 

[GR63]

Yeah but no....

English language is always evolving but it's getting dumber too

 

[R.P.L]

I've been hearing this at work for about 7-8 years.

"Moving forward" is what everyone seem to be saying lately.

"What will we do tomorrow moving forward?"

To me it seems to be extra ("weasel") words put into a sentence that isn't needed, like the OP's literally / x perspective example.

I hear 'going forward' more. I don't really have a problem with that one (I use it myself sometimes when it seems appropriate), although the example you gave (using it after tomorrow) is a bit silly.

 

[GGizmo]

It would be easy to confuse all the perspectives from one perspective to another.