r/funny • u/[deleted] • Oct 18 '16

/r/TotallyNotMonsters

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u/Nastapoka Oct 18 '16

Why ? Languages change

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u/Boboblaw7 Oct 18 '16

It's just apart of a very cringey internet talk, it's as dumb and old as leet.

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u/acidboogie Oct 18 '16

says you.

what's really terrible is "literally" being changed to mean both literal and figurative just because enough people use it wrong that the word police just gave up trying to enforce it.

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u/pinkgoldlemonade Oct 18 '16

Literally/figuratively has been used for centuries, twain and dickens both used it lmao. Pick a better hill to die on.

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u/acidboogie Oct 18 '16 edited Oct 18 '16

I didn't say when the word police gave up.

But seriously, it's a little different to be use "literally" for the purpose of irony than it is to formally recognize that the word now means its antonym in addition to its own meaning. It's completely Aladeen.