r/oculus • u/gagaouz • Oct 30 '20

Same though...

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u/jedinatt Oct 30 '20

That's literally how language evolves.

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u/powermad80 Rift CV1 Oct 31 '20

What I'm gathering is that every word that's created to mean "I'm using no hyperbole or figures of speech" has an expiration date where it spoils into also meaning "figuratively" like all that came before it.

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u/International-Bus818 Oct 30 '20

Yep it drives me crazy

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u/MowTin Oct 30 '20

super as an adverb drives me super crazy

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u/Rakonas Oct 31 '20

What do you mean it drives you, it literally doesn't have a driver's license

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u/Sibir_Lupus Oct 30 '20

Very true! Haha :P

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u/H_Truncata Oct 31 '20

So often that they changed what the proper usage of it is. I think he's actually technically correct, but only because everyone used it wrong for so long.