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BTW, what is the new word to use when one literally means literally?
by TheDudeMan 2y ago
BTW, what is the new word to use when one literally means literally?
- taneq 2y ago‘Actually’ is what I’ve heard most often.
- AngriestLettuce 2y agoThere is none. The word has been misused to the point of ambiguity being an accepted part of its definition, and we are all worse off for it. The language is now less expressive, and you need to use more words to add context and remove ambiguity when you really do mean "literally" in the literal sense.
- 8organicbits 2y agoUse literally. It still means literally. Language has all kinds of things like sarcasm, exaggeration, and metaphor that change the way a sentence should be interpreted, but the meaning of each word remains the same.
- k_sze 2y agoYou add “quite” before “literally”.
- rpastuszak 2y agoJust prefix the sentence with “literally literally (not literally literally)”
- moogly 2y agoGen Z uses the very awkward "unironically".