@AlexCorby@indieauthors.social
Post #1568636
2026-04-21 13:04 UTC
#WritersCoffeeClub 4/21 What's a hill you're willing to defend?
I can accept that words shift and change from one generation to the next. But that doesn't mean all changes are for the better.
People. The word 'literally' can be the sharpest, most elegant of linguistic blades, but only when used sparingly and correctly!!
You haven't "done literally everything, today". Absolutely impossible.
Stop saying "I literally just walked to the store." There's no room for confusion that you did anything other than walked with your own feet, so using 'literally' is redundant and waters down the word. I should only hear the word literally when it's a surprise, or important, that the phrase be interpreted exactly. as. written!
I don't care about your apologist rationalizations. I will figuratively die on this hill!
Replies (2)
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@joyce@hcommons.social 2026-04-21 13:12
@AlexCorby@indieauthors.social Amen.
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@ElisesWritings@wandering.shop 2026-04-22 13:23
@AlexCorby@indieauthors.social I don't know when people started using 'literally' when they mean 'I just want' or 'YES! I agree.' It can be annoying. And when I say something and someone goes, "Literally," its like, "dude I'm autistic, so around 98% of what I say is not only what I literally mean, I say it in a very literal way." People saying "literally" to something I say is like responding to me saying "rock" by crying, "rock!'" How's that for redundancy?