Lyrics
Advertisements and Media
Figurative or Literal?
Internet Slang
100
"Stumble around like a ghost"
Noah Kahan - Haircut
Simile
Noah is comparing his stumbling around movements to be Like a Ghost
100
Red Bull
Metaphor
Comparing the feeling of energy you get from red bull to what it would feel like to fly
100
"My Brother Eats like a Pig"
Figurative
the speaker used a simile to say their brother is a messy eater
100
Texting "OMG! I'm literally screaming right now 💀" in a comment section while lying completely silent in bed.
Hyperbole
you want to emphasize how funny you find something and how much it made you laugh even though it was internal and you didn't actually scream
200
"Do you ever feel like a plastic bag / Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?"
Katy Perry - "Firework"
Simile
Katy Perry Describes the feeling of being lost in life to floating Like a plastic Bag
200
Tony the Tiger
Anthropomorphism
Kelloggs gives humanistic traits to a Tiger, showing it eating cereal and talking about the frosted flakes
200
"I was so embarrassed when I tripped in the cafeteria, I literally died.
Figurative
saying that they died is to emphasize how embarrassing it was to trip
200
Saying, "My fyp is attacking me personally today."
Personification / metaphor
what you mean is that your algorithm is humbling you with very relevant and timely videos to your life situation.
300
"Cause you were Romeo I was a scarlet letter"
Love Story, Taylor Swift
Metaphor
Taylor is calling her self a "Scarlett Letter", a metaphor for Public Shame
300
State Farm Insurance
Simile
Comparing the insurance company to treat you as well as your neighbour using "like"
300
"i've hit a crossroad and i dont know where to go from here"
Literal
Hitting a crossroad is a term usually used to describe being stuck before deciding what to do. However, this time it is literal as the photo is literally a crossroad
300
"Bro is built like a Roblox character" 
simile
comparing this man to a roblox character using like or as = simile
400
"Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles if I could just see you tonight."
"A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton.
Hyperbole
Walking a thousand miles is a large exxageration just to see someone for one night
400
M&M mascots
Personification
M&M gives human Characteristics to their product
400
My alarm clock yelled at me to wake up this morning
Figurative
THe speaker is using personification to emphasize how loud his alarm clock was. Alarm clocks do not literally yell.
400
Typing "Bro cooked 💯" when someone failed
Irony (Verbal)
while when someone "cooking" usually means they are doing something extremely well, you are being sarcastic as they clearly were doing the opposite
500
"See the line where the sky meets the sea? It calls me."
"How Far I'll Go" from Disney's Moana.
Personification
the sky/horizon "calls" out to Moana, a human action.
500
Heinz Fiery Chilli Sauce (Hint: whats the photo exaggerating)
Hyperbole
The advertisers are using a massive visual exaggeration to communicate exactly how spicy the sauce tastes.
500
After the long and grueling match, the coach finally threw in the towel."
Literal
the photo shows the coach actually throwing in a towel to signify he wants the match to stop. However, this term is commonly used figuratively when someone quits something
500
That new song is living rent-free in my head.
Metaphor
This directly compares a catchy song or sound stuck in your memory to a tenant occupying physical real estate without paying rent.