Question: I know that most everything is an object in JavaScript. When people say "object literal," do they mean an object like this?

```
var thing = {
   'foo': 'bar'
   , 'baz': 'foo'
   , 'bar': 'baz'
};

```

Answer: 
It's supposed to represent a notational delineation. When they say 'object literal', they mean 'object literal notation'. There are various ways to make an object. This is the most straightforward approach.
Yes.

In the object literal notation, an object description is a set of comma-separated name/value pairs inside curly braces. The names can be identifiers or strings followed by a colon.