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fooker 47 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notice...

This is how language works, things mean what people using language want it to mean. Not the more precise version you want it to mean.

bigstrat2003 47 days ago [–]

No, when people misuse the language they are wrong. Their bad use does not become correct just because it's popular. Linguistic descriptivism is a nonsense idea.

fooker 47 days ago | [–]

It's literally a nonsense idea ;)

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

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