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I disagree. By surrendering the meaning of words we lose the ability to communicate precisely. That may well always be a losing battle, linguistic evolution being what it is, but that doesn't mean it isn't worth resisting.



You might be bummed to learn about hyperbole, then. Or anthropomorphisms. Or similes.

I guess a silver lining (not literally, of course) is that you're at least aware of the difficulties - good luck!




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