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minus-squareMajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 day agoLiterally holds meaning, two meanings principally. They just happen to be opposite. “Literally” could mean either “actually” or “not actually, but similar in a way”, but wouldn’t ever mean “duck”.
minus-squareHonytawk@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day ago“Literally” only holds the opposite meaning when used as a hyperbole.
minus-squareMechanismatic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYou should literally literally when a literally flies straight for your face because those feathered fowl can be as aggressive as gooses.
minus-squareTypFaffke@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoJoke’s on you, I’m having roasted literally for dinner
Literally holds meaning, two meanings principally. They just happen to be opposite. “Literally” could mean either “actually” or “not actually, but similar in a way”, but wouldn’t ever mean “duck”.
“Literally” only holds the opposite meaning when used as a hyperbole.
You should literally literally when a literally flies straight for your face because those feathered fowl can be as aggressive as gooses.
Joke’s on you, I’m having roasted literally for dinner