• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        15 hours ago

        On one hand, inappropriate use of language like “literally” bugs me too. On the other hand, difficulty understanding other English speakers is an attitude thing.

        If you don’t know what a word or a new use of a word means… you should find out.

        Trying to assert that language should stay the way it was when you learned it is frankly lazy.

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        ‘Cap’ means ‘lie’. If someone says “No cap?”, they’re asking “For real?” or “Are you serious?”. If someone says “You’re capping”, they’re saying you are not telling the truth.