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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
On September 21 2011 06:15 Jerubaal wrote: Darnit, you beat me to it. And if you use 'guesstimate' or 'ginormous' you waive the right to complain about this. Those are portmanteaus like "brunch" and "wikipedia" totally different issue | ||
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Blazinghand
United States25560 Posts
On September 21 2011 06:40 Mindcrime wrote: Those are portmanteaus like "brunch" and "wikipedia" totally different issue Given that "literally" now means "figuratively" it's only a matter of time before "irregardless" becomes a word that means "regardless" | ||
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Dalguno
United States2446 Posts
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Lomak
United States311 Posts
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Ikonn
Netherlands1958 Posts
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MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
I get frustrated by stupidity. I actually don't mind language changing, but going in a direction which literally (and I mean literally) makes no sense makes me feel crazy. | ||
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hypercube
Hungary2735 Posts
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
today in English class we were discussing about the difference between literal and figurative | ||
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XXGeneration
United States625 Posts
 my brain hurts | ||
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
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Myles
United States5162 Posts
On September 21 2011 06:43 Blazinghand wrote: Given that "literally" now means "figuratively" it's only a matter of time before "irregardless" becomes a word that means "regardless" LOL, I see what you did there. | ||
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jimmyjingle
United States472 Posts
the words are literally incomperable. | ||
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Deleted User 135096
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Edit: I make one edit and, lol Torte! | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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OmniEulogy
Canada6600 Posts
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Aegisky
61 Posts
Literally now "figuratively" means "figuratively", then, but must really mean "literally", but then... -_- | ||
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Bibdy
United States3481 Posts
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
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Kashll
United States1117 Posts
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TabyLing
Australia69 Posts
Is it really so surprising that people use emotion in the way they speak and want to add emphasis? The formal meaning of literally hasn't changed and you would use its emphatic meaning in a formal setting, but honestly what sentance sounds more likely for someone to say "he was so funny, I literally died of laughter" "he was so funny, I figuratively died of laughter" They both have the same intended meaning, and because we are human and not computers we can infer the inteded meaning from the context, even if the word isn't used with its proper dictionary meaning. Then sentance still makes sense, if you don't act like a robot anyway.... ofc you could say "he was so funny, I died of laughter" but people like to add things in for emphasis to really show their emotions. Why is literally a good emphasiser in these cases? Because of it's true meaning, it holds more weight and impact. | ||
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