Legitly Legit

By Anne Curzan. A high-school Spanish teacher from the western parts of Michigan emailed me a couple of months ago about a new word. She felt bombarded by the word legitly. “I legitly left my homework at home!” a student would say, or “I legitly bombed that quiz.” When I looked online to see if this new bit of slang was being discussed, I was surprised by the level of disdain I found. Read more...