RE: Sections of songs that make you freeze in joy
July 9, 2019 at 12:21 pm
(This post was last modified: July 9, 2019 at 12:22 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(July 9, 2019 at 11:49 am)AtlasS33 Wrote:(July 7, 2019 at 9:34 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: There is no hidden meaning. It means 'exactly' or 'in actuality' or 'in a literal sense'. Unless Mayer lit the place on fire, he didn't 'literally' burn it.
Boru
what I meant is very obvious. It's like title "Hunger Games: Girl on Fire"
She is not on "real fire", as it is obvious.
But it would be very normal if somebody said "but Nancy; she was on ffffffffffffffffffffiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiire; literally; Gosh..".
It's the use of the word 'literally' that makes all the difference. If we say, 'Nancy is on fire!!! ', it is clearly a euphemism for any of a number of things. If we say, 'Nancy is literally on fire!!' she's either doing a fire-walking ceremony or needs immediate medical attention.
'Literally' might very well be the most misused word in the English language.
Boru
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