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If you want to say "literally" in the sense of "literally, in its original sense, not in the sense of virtually" should you say "literally literally"?
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ONE OF THE DEFINITIONS OF 'LITERALLY' IS "IN EFFECT, VIRTUALLY—USED IN AN EXAGGERATED WAY TO EMPHASIZE A STATEMENT OR DESCRIPTION." SOME PEOPLE GET MAD IF YOU USE IT THIS WAY BECAUSE IT ISN'T THE WORD'S PRIMARY MEANING, BUT THIS SENSE OF 'LITERALLY' HAS BEEN USED FOR 250 YEARS SO
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I'm just sad that didn't literally draw a 2x2 to illustrate his tweet below. Oh wait, just realized that his tweet did literally draw a 2x2 here. BRB have some untangling to do.
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Replying to @NGKabra
There is a self reference issue here, do you mean “literally (1) literally (2)” or 2-2, or 1-2, 1-1?
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