Comment on "Literally" literally does not mean "similar to in some way".
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 days agoThat’s what the word “figuratively” is for. You don’t say fat to mean figuratively thin.
Comment on "Literally" literally does not mean "similar to in some way".
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 3 days agoThat’s what the word “figuratively” is for. You don’t say fat to mean figuratively thin.
kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 3 days ago
The way I see it is that language inevitably evolves over time. Not all of those changes make sense to everybody, and not everybody likes them, but that they will keep occurring will stay true as long as language is what we use to communicate.
It’s all approximation anyway, so I just don’t think it matters very much as long as we understand each other. To each their own though.