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minus-square@ReallyActuallyFrankensteinlinkEnglish3•8 months ago the problem is that it’s using a word that was supposed to specify that something was not hyperbole as hyperbole, rendering it useless. … Or… Because it’s a word specifically meant to indicate it is not hyperbolic, using it in that way is literally the superlative hyperbole.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-28 months agoAt the cost of the word’s intended use, unfortunately. RIP literally. It literally died.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•8 months agoNow you have to hit literally in the chest with an adrenaline shot to bring lividity into its decaying body. quite literally actually literally
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoA good point, I haven’t seen “quite literally” used to mean “figuratively.” Perhaps there’s some usefulness to be had yet.
… Or… Because it’s a word specifically meant to indicate it is not hyperbolic, using it in that way is literally the superlative hyperbole.
At the cost of the word’s intended use, unfortunately. RIP literally. It literally died.
Now you have to hit literally in the chest with an adrenaline shot to bring lividity into its decaying body.
quite literally
actually literally
A good point, I haven’t seen “quite literally” used to mean “figuratively.” Perhaps there’s some usefulness to be had yet.