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[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 13 points 4 months ago

Oh yeah, that one is absolutely terrible and I will die on that hill. Figuratively speaking.

[-] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 4 months ago

"literally" being used to mean "figuratively" dates back to 3 years after the word "literally" began meaning "actually". If this is a hill to die on, you need to use "literally" exclusively to mean "as written in the texts". Common usage of "literally" to mean "actually" and "figuratively" both date to the 1590s

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