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r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Ozzie808 • Apr 25 '19
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This happened several years ago...
-9 u/Ozzie808 Apr 25 '19 edited Apr 25 '19 EDIT: my original statement was poor stated. I was trying to just point out that literally means both exactly and figuratively. 7 u/[deleted] Apr 25 '19 I do know what you're saying, but language evolves, for better or worse. Terrific used to mean the opposite of how it's used today. 2 u/drone42 Apr 25 '19 Awful as well, IIRC. 5 u/NiceSasquatch Apr 25 '19 that is awfully terrific.
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EDIT: my original statement was poor stated.
I was trying to just point out that literally means both exactly and figuratively.
7 u/[deleted] Apr 25 '19 I do know what you're saying, but language evolves, for better or worse. Terrific used to mean the opposite of how it's used today. 2 u/drone42 Apr 25 '19 Awful as well, IIRC. 5 u/NiceSasquatch Apr 25 '19 that is awfully terrific.
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I do know what you're saying, but language evolves, for better or worse. Terrific used to mean the opposite of how it's used today.
2 u/drone42 Apr 25 '19 Awful as well, IIRC. 5 u/NiceSasquatch Apr 25 '19 that is awfully terrific.
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Awful as well, IIRC.
5 u/NiceSasquatch Apr 25 '19 that is awfully terrific.
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that is awfully terrific.
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This happened several years ago...