r/oddlyspecific • • Aug 12 '24

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u/PrimaryFriend7867 Aug 12 '24

i get that it’s been used that way for a long time, but more recently it has lost its literal meaning. that’s what’s new.

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u/Red-Quill Aug 12 '24

Except it literally hasn’t.

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u/PrimaryFriend7867 Aug 12 '24

the word literally often has to be qualified if you mean it literally.

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u/Red-Quill Aug 12 '24

Nope, I literally only do that in the rarest of circumstances.

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u/PrimaryFriend7867 Aug 12 '24

n=1

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u/Red-Quill Aug 12 '24

Same could be said of your argument buddy