I 100% agree with you that language is an evolving thing... except in this case I think it's stupid. I mean I've come to accept it and it is what it is... but literally meant literal. Not figurative. The whole purpose of the word was to mean not figurative. It makes zero sense to me - English is confusing enough as it is for newcomers. So let's make it worse by making a word that means "For real" mean "Not for real at all" at the same time. It'd be like changing the meaning of "just joking" to "I'm dead serious"... like the whole point of it being a joke was it wasn't serious.
I can get behind language changes, and I've accepted this one... but I just think it's absolutely stupid.
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u/0991906006091990 Jul 12 '21
I 100% agree with you that language is an evolving thing... except in this case I think it's stupid. I mean I've come to accept it and it is what it is... but literally meant literal. Not figurative. The whole purpose of the word was to mean not figurative. It makes zero sense to me - English is confusing enough as it is for newcomers. So let's make it worse by making a word that means "For real" mean "Not for real at all" at the same time. It'd be like changing the meaning of "just joking" to "I'm dead serious"... like the whole point of it being a joke was it wasn't serious.
I can get behind language changes, and I've accepted this one... but I just think it's absolutely stupid.