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It doesn't cheapen our language to use failure in this way any more than it cheapens our language to use any other form of hyperbole. That's cold comfort in a
by forgottenpass 12y ago
It doesn't cheapen our language to use failure in this way any more than it cheapens our language to use any other form of hyperbole.
That's cold comfort in a world where "literally" now also means "figuratively."
- alwaysdoit 12y agoThe problem of words having different magnitudes of potency depending on context is different from words being used to mean the exact opposite of their meaning in a non-ironic way.