Comment on The word literally makes me so irrationally angry
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoDisagree. When a word means what it actually means, but also means the opposite, then it doesn’t mean anything. The whole point of using “literally” is to establish context, to distinguish an actual literal situation when the language used would otherwise be interpreted as figurative.
I’m generally not a prescriptivist, but I’ll figuratively die on this hill. “Literally can mean figuratively” literally robs “literally” of its meaning.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 week ago
You wouldn’t literally die on the hill? Doesn’t sound like you’re very committed. 😌
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
If it was literally a hill I would, but semantic integrity isn’t actually a geological protuberance.