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		_dain_ on Oct 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Starship Flight 5 license issued by FAA >How could it possibly be meant literally? Do you consider it possible for a rocket to be caught by a literal person with literal wooden sticks? in ordinary English there are many degrees of "literally".

TiredOfLife on Oct 13, 2024 [–]

In ordinary English literally is a synonym of figuratively since 2013

mavhc on Oct 13, 2024 | [–]

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