Nov. 28, 11:13 pm: Called on the government to “come down hard” on MSNBC and “make them pay” for its critical coverage of Republicans, after previously vowing to investigate parent company Comcast if elected.
Trump made a “pledge” to “root out the Communists, Marxists, Fascists, and Radical Left Thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country” in a Truth Social post Saturday “in honor of our great Veterans on Veteran’s Day.”
Incorrect. Literally has a legitimate colloquial use to refer to two things that are different but similar.
Obviously nothing is ever literally something else, you do not need that to be explained to you to understand the intended meaning of the hyperbole. Don’t be intellectually dishonest.
Yeah, but it’s just Websters that acknowledges the use of literally to mean, “virtually,” or, “figuratively,” and they’ve gotten so much shit for that they wrote 3 paragraphs after the definition and a whole separate article trying to justify it. It’s completely unjustifiable; their definition actually says, “a statement or description that is not literally true.” Normally you never want to define a word with the word itself, much less define it as the the opposite of the word itself, but that’s what happens when you try to turn an antonym into a synonym.
The purpose of dictionaries is to reflect how the public uses a word. It would be correct of a dictionary to include this definition because it’s literally how the public uses the word literally. It must be frustrating when a definition changes, but it’s not like the dictionary has any actual authority outside of scrabble.
The purpose of a dictionary is also to provide clear definitions so that words have universal meanings. There’s a difference between adding a second definition to a word to reflect common slang, like adding the drug-related meaning to tweak, and accepting the misinterpretation of a word as correct, like irregardless. There’s a reason other reputable dictionaries like Oxford didn’t adopt the use of Literally to mean, “virtually,” (and it’s a little embarrassing that the American-English dictionary did).
I don’t see it on dictionary.com or Websters. I don’t see any problem with adding it as an alternate slang definition, but I feel like it’s gonna fall out of fashion before it gets used widely enough to justify adding it to a dictionary. I also don’t see how it relates to what I’m saying, since (as far as I know) it’s use doesn’t come from people not know what, “cap,” means.
Yeah, but there’s a difference between a word that had contradictory meanings for generations and one dictionary changing it’s definition to reflect misuse.
Downvoting for misuse of, “Literally.”
I chose my words carefully.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/11/12/trump-compares-political-foes-to-vermin-on-veterans-day-echoing-nazi-propaganda/
I mean, that certainly strengthens the comparison, but it doesn’t change the fact that you mean, “figuratively.”
The fact @auk made that mistake twice is certainly telling.
Incorrect. Literally has a legitimate colloquial use to refer to two things that are different but similar.
Obviously nothing is ever literally something else, you do not need that to be explained to you to understand the intended meaning of the hyperbole. Don’t be intellectually dishonest.
A colloquial use can still be incorrect, irregardless of how common it is (and yes, I’m being ironical in my use of irregardless).
Literally now means figuratively as well, according to dictionaries. It’s literally insane.
Yeah, but it’s just Websters that acknowledges the use of literally to mean, “virtually,” or, “figuratively,” and they’ve gotten so much shit for that they wrote 3 paragraphs after the definition and a whole separate article trying to justify it. It’s completely unjustifiable; their definition actually says, “a statement or description that is not literally true.” Normally you never want to define a word with the word itself, much less define it as the the opposite of the word itself, but that’s what happens when you try to turn an antonym into a synonym.
The purpose of dictionaries is to reflect how the public uses a word. It would be correct of a dictionary to include this definition because it’s literally how the public uses the word literally. It must be frustrating when a definition changes, but it’s not like the dictionary has any actual authority outside of scrabble.
The purpose of a dictionary is also to provide clear definitions so that words have universal meanings. There’s a difference between adding a second definition to a word to reflect common slang, like adding the drug-related meaning to tweak, and accepting the misinterpretation of a word as correct, like irregardless. There’s a reason other reputable dictionaries like Oxford didn’t adopt the use of Literally to mean, “virtually,” (and it’s a little embarrassing that the American-English dictionary did).
no cap?
Sorry, don’t follow. You mean like, “no lie?”
Well, what does the dictionary say? isn’t that the purpose of it? (to find meaning in modern language)
I don’t see it on dictionary.com or Websters. I don’t see any problem with adding it as an alternate slang definition, but I feel like it’s gonna fall out of fashion before it gets used widely enough to justify adding it to a dictionary. I also don’t see how it relates to what I’m saying, since (as far as I know) it’s use doesn’t come from people not know what, “cap,” means.
You must also hate the words sanction or dust.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contronym
Yeah, but there’s a difference between a word that had contradictory meanings for generations and one dictionary changing it’s definition to reflect misuse.