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A more pervasive example: words like 'literally', 'really', 'incredible'. They tried to say "no, this is not hype or BS". 'Literally' is the latest to fall off
by abecedarius 9y ago
A more pervasive example: words like 'literally', 'really', 'incredible'. They tried to say "no, this is not hype or BS". 'Literally' is the latest to fall off the treadmill, and I wonder what's going to replace it.
- anomie31 9y agoActually, the hyperbolic literally has been used for centuries. It's just a more common convention now. Excuse my pedantry.
- abecedarius 9y agoAll right, I'll cop to hyping the degree to which the erosion of 'literally' is recent! We humans totally love our hyperbole. (But the process is not so far along as for 'really' and 'incredible'.)