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Mostly a question of euphemism drift (or rhetorical drift, if that's a thing) -- "really" and "very" are former terms that meant "without exaggeration or inaccu

Mostly a question of euphemism drift (or rhetorical drift, if that's a thing) -- "really" and "very" are former terms that meant "without exaggeration or inaccuracy" but slowly drifted towards a rhetoric use.

rriepe 7y ago
Interesting. (That's another one that tends to mean the opposite)
- andrewla 7y ago
  Wait, was this a burn? Ouch.
  - rriepe 7y ago
    Hah, honestly I think I replied to the wrong thing.