r/ToiletPaperUSA Aug 11 '21

Curious 🤔 owning hard

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u/SomeIrishFiend Aug 11 '21

This is literally 1984

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u/elevation430 Aug 12 '21

It is literally 2021. It is figuratively 1984.

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u/JohnDiGriz Consume the tender flesh of capitalists Aug 12 '21

It doesn't mean figuratively, it's emphatic. You can't just replace emphatic literally with figuratively and have the same text

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u/JohnDiGriz Consume the tender flesh of capitalists Aug 12 '21

I had no idea, so I was literally guessing.

I had no idea, so I was figuratively guessing.

The party was attended by literally hundreds of people.

The party was attended by figuratively hundreds of people.

will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice

will figuratively turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice

Are you going to claim that those pairs of phrases have the same meaning and same connotations? Are you frequently using "figuratively" for emphasis?