sebec: mini-tin-cosmonaut: tumblebuggie: so sick of people misusing “literally” all the time  holy farts i used most of those correctly, except bemused, enormity, and unique. the only thing about stuff like this is i think mildly changing definitions are part of the evolution of a language and aren’t necessarily bad… i kind of don’t understand this i’ve been told i’m a pretty good writer and these don’t matter to me?  in many cases, most people don’t know definitions this deep so as long as you pick apt synonyms and give good descriptions, a lot of this doesn’t matter—your meaning gets through

sebec:

mini-tin-cosmonaut:

tumblebuggie:

so sick of people misusing “literally” all the time 

holy farts

i used most of those correctly, except bemused, enormity, and unique.

the only thing about stuff like this is

i think mildly changing definitions are part of the evolution of a language and aren’t necessarily bad…

i kind of don’t understand this

i’ve been told i’m a pretty good writer and these don’t matter to me?  in many cases, most people don’t know definitions this deep so as long as you pick apt synonyms and give good descriptions, a lot of this doesn’t matter—your meaning gets through

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