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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by riwsky on Saturday May 06, 2023 @03:22AM (#35839034)
But no one uses ‘using “literally” to mean “figuratively”’ to literally mean ‘using “literally” to mean “figuratively”’, either. Instead they mean ‘using “literally” in the context of a figurative usage’, as you point out—the censure of which is warranted by its being a lazy cliché. The augmentation is not generic; the coincidence is feigned in the service of irony.
Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by tsimionescu on Sunday May 07, 2023 @02:18AM (#35848417)
Lots of people do use literally, which manifests by them complaining that it is becoming a self-antonym or that it's losing its meaning. Is it a lazy cliche? Probably. Is that a reason to complain it's hurting the word literally? Obviously not.