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It's not quite as bad as you think, literally is usually used figuratively in "A is literally B" to indicate that while A is obviously not literally B, the outc
by Asooka 9y ago
It's not quite as bad as you think, literally is usually used figuratively in "A is literally B" to indicate that while A is obviously not literally B, the outcome that A will have will be practically the same as that from B.
- eric_h 9y agoThat's actually a pretty reasonable defense of what I've generally considered a cringe worthy usage of the word "literally".