@jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world • 7 months agoMTG accuses Democrats of ‘stealing’ House race, shaving GOP majority even furtherwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square54arrow-up1245
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minus-square@Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglish10•7 months agoWords haven’t meant shit since the allowed literally to mean not literally… it’s just been down hill since then…
minus-square@PriorityMotif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•7 months agoI literally always use the word literally literally.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoHyperbole noun, Rhetoric. obvious and intentional exaggeration. an extravagant statement or figure of speech not intended to be taken literally, as “to wait an eternity.”
minus-square@ChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•7 months agoNo. Hyperbole is just a really fast bole.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoSlow bole is a pretty mediocre literary device.
Words haven’t meant shit since the allowed literally to mean not literally… it’s just been down hill since then…
I literally always use the word literally literally.
Hyperbole
No. Hyperbole is just a really fast bole.
Slow bole is a pretty mediocre literary device.