• UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    The turn of phrase is meant as exaggeration, not a change in formal definition.

    I have often seen it being used in a flexible bendy way that pretends to be the formal definition whenever it suits the poster, such as someone being called “literally insane” because someone disagreed with them. smuglord