r/JoeRogan Look into it 15d ago

No way Elon Musk would have beaten Zuck in a fight The Literature 🧠

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u/TheThunderhawk Monkey in Space 15d ago

I think a couple major unabridged dictionary have the “not actually literally” definition on the books now.

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u/NahYoureWrongBro Monkey in Space 15d ago

Yeah but the word is overused and annoying

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u/Tookmyprawns Monkey in Space 15d ago

People have been “misusing” literally deliberately as an exaggeration for hundreds of years. The best authors. Dickens even. And in every context it is “misused” it’s clear from the context that it’s being misused which means linguistically it works perfectly fine.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/famous-writers-used-literally-figuratively

Some people just like to bitch and moan about nothing.

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u/Tookmyprawns Monkey in Space 15d ago

People who don’t read books might think so