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Posted August 05, 2017
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huppumies: Everyone. Literally everyone thinks so (I'm using 'literally' figuratively, for emphasis).
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Maighstir: "Literally" nowadays literally means "figuratively"
Does this mean that "Literally" nowadays figuratively means "figuratively"? O_o
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Post edited August 05, 2017 by phaolo
Posted August 05, 2017
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Maighstir: "Literally" nowadays literally means "figuratively"
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phaolo: Does this mean that "Literally" nowadays figuratively means "figuratively"? O_o
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It means people are illiterate, and dictionaries finally gave up.
Posted August 05, 2017
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Maighstir: "Literally" nowadays literally means "figuratively"
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phaolo: Does this mean that "Literally" nowadays figuratively means "figuratively"? O_o
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Continuing on from Pangaea666:
People have been using "literally" to figuratively mean "figuratively" for a long while now, so the latter has recently become an official meaning of the former, because it's used that way. I don't personally agree with this specific example, but it is one way in which language evolves.
Posted August 05, 2017
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Pangaea666: It means people are illiterate, and dictionaries finally gave up.
They just use the word metaphorically. Just like when you say that "dictionaries finally gave up". (Dictionaries aren't sentient life forms)
Posted August 05, 2017
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Pangaea666:
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KasperHviid: (Dictionaries aren't sentient life forms)
Neither is most of this forum. :P
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