Comment on "Literally" literally does not mean "similar to in some way".

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my_hat_stinks@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Plenty of words mean the opposite of themselves, so much so that there’s multiple words for it; autoantonym, contranym, or Janus words.

This morning my alarm went off so I turned it off.
I wanted to buy a new console as soon as it was out but they were all out.
Two people were left so I left.
I fought with Bob over chores, but I fought with Bob in the war.

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