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Re:"RIP Good Times": Silicon Valley's Cuban Missile Crisis by giblfiz on Thursday June 07, 2012 @02:47PM (#4080640)
Definition of LITERALLY

1: in a literal sense or manner : actually <took the remark literally> <was literally insane>

2: in effect : virtually <will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice — Norman Cousins>

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally

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Re:"RIP Good Times": Silicon Valley's Cuban Missile Crisis by StevenRayOrr on Thursday June 07, 2012 @03:00PM (#4080715)
Definition of VIRTUALLY

1: almost entirely : nearly

2: for all practical purposes <virtually unknown>

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/virtually

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Re:"RIP Good Times": Silicon Valley's Cuban Missile Crisis by tedsuo on Thursday June 07, 2012 @03:03PM (#4080735)
That's really funny, I didn't realize the hyperbolic use had become official at some point.
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Re:"RIP Good Times": Silicon Valley's Cuban Missile Crisis by rmc on Thursday June 07, 2012 @04:11PM (#4081088)
Nothing is official. English, unlike other languages, does not have an official governing body. There is no official One True English Language.
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Re:"RIP Good Times": Silicon Valley's Cuban Missile Crisis by joshuahedlund on Thursday June 07, 2012 @03:43PM (#4080972)
Me either. Just part of the long trend of diluting intense words and chasing after new ones I guess (see: awesome, incredible, epic, etc). Kinda wonder where the language will go next.. doubleplusgood?
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Re:"RIP Good Times": Silicon Valley's Cuban Missile Crisis by Daniel_Newby on Friday June 08, 2012 @06:51AM (#4083613)
It didn't. The dictionary is literally lying.
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