@timelordiroh@BathysphereHat this seems to happen a lot with intensifiers — “awfully good”, “bad/dead/sweet-ass”, etc — so “hot minute” only has contextual value (which is kind of cool, since it accomplishes something you couldn’t do with a plain intensifier like “very”)
@timelordiroh@BathysphereHat “Literally” still only has one, clearly defined meaning, but people will use it haphardzardly/incorrectly in order to put emphasis on an expression. not necessarily to mean the opposite.
@timelordiroh@BathysphereHat Just did and you’re right.. not its own antonym exactly but very close. Okay. I will continue to be extremely annoyed by that use 😄
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