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by eYrKEC2 119 days ago
I used to enjoy the literate usage of the word "literally".

You'll get over it.
1 comments
peterashford 119 days ago
Using literally to mean figuratively goes back hundreds of years
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duskwuff 119 days ago
Not to mention "seriously", "really", "truly", "very", "verily", etc. There's a long history of using words related to truth as intensifiers in English.
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