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You are figuratively killing me with your literalism.
by MontyCarloHall 1y ago
You are figuratively killing me with your literalism.
- hollerith 1y agoThese days some would've written, "you are literally killing me . . ." (which I find deplorable).
- ggambetta 1y agoAnd someone would have replied "I could care less" (incorrectly implying they do care, even if it's a little bit) :(
- hollerith 1y agoI don't mind that one because it does not risk destroying the usefulness of a previously useful unambiguous word.
- kaechle 1y agoUsing "literally" figuratively or, more precisely, as a hyperbolic intensifier [0], is a tradition employed by notable English writers who lived and died long before you were born. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literally https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literally
- hunterpayne 1y agoLiterally, anytime someone uses the term decimate, I assume they don't actually know what it means unless they explicitly state that they do.