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		denton-scratch on April 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's Going on with ‘Nonplussed’? (2017) I don't want my granddaughters never learning the meaning of "figuratively" because it's fallen out of use, having been replaced by "literally".

topaz0 on April 30, 2024 [–]

If that happens, it won't be the dictionary's fault.

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