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> literal dogshit that Samsung puts on their phones Since when do Samsung literally put dogshit on their phones?

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  • ghshephard 11y ago
    He was commenting on the (mis)use of "literal", which, in the english language, has shifted it's meaning from "taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory" - to it's new (recent) sense which is used to "emphasize strongly this metaphor/allegory."
    • monort 11y ago
      Not very recent. Dickens used "literally" in this meaning in the middle of 19th century.