The Story of Figurative Literally @arikaokrent2490
The Story of Figurative Literally @arikaokrent2490
Uploaded October 2017 | Updated September 2026, 19 minutes ago
Does the popular use of "literally" literally make you sick? Or does it just annoy you, in which case it only figuratively makes you sick. Here's the story of how it came to be. Produced for Mental Floss
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The Story of Figurative "Literally"

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