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eYrKEC2
4mo ago
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I used to enjoy the literate usage of the word "literally".
You'll get over it.
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peterashford
4mo ago
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Using literally to mean figuratively goes back hundreds of years
duskwuff
4mo ago
Not to mention "seriously", "really", "truly", "very", "verily", etc. There's a long history of using words related to truth as intensifiers in English.
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