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minus-squareMajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·24 days 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-up5·24 days ago“Literally” only holds the opposite meaning when used as a hyperbole.
minus-squareMechanismatic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoYou should literally literally when a literally flies straight for your face because those feathered fowl can be as aggressive as gooses.
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.