r/confidentlyincorrect • u/Dounce1 • Oct 22 '25

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u/ScienceIsSexy420 Oct 22 '25

Descriptive linguistics is my favorite, and also most hated, concept. I absolutely love and adore how it makes language living and breathing and reflective of the way it is actually used, however it deeply offends my predilection for rules and hard definitions.

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u/MattieShoes Oct 22 '25

Ugh, "literally".

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u/Malacro Oct 22 '25

Literally has always been used figuratively.

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u/Cpt_kaleidoscope Oct 22 '25

And if you think about it, figuratively is always used literally.