Comment on What's with "*checks notes*" everywhere?
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 days agoOK but the dictionary literally modified the definition to I clude “figuratively” because language is alive and unwell
Comment on What's with "*checks notes*" everywhere?
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 days agoOK but the dictionary literally modified the definition to I clude “figuratively” because language is alive and unwell
Odo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That “modern” definition of literally is at least 250 years old. It wasn’t created by the internet, or even any living person.