jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 28 days agoMTG accuses Democrats of ‘stealing’ House race, shaving GOP majority even furtherwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down110
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minus-squareBig_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·28 days agoWords haven’t meant shit since the allowed literally to mean not literally… it’s just been down hill since then…
minus-squarePriorityMotif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·27 days agoI literally always use the word literally literally.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·28 days 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-squareChronosTriggerWarning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·27 days agoNo. Hyperbole is just a really fast bole.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·27 days 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.