To: mathprof
“This “newly discovered” laptop is very likely to be literal nuclear waste for Hillary...”
I literally wish people could learn the meaning of the word literal.
90 posted on
11/03/2016 3:35:13 AM PDT by
RipSawyer
(Racism is racism, regardless of the race of the racist.)
To: RipSawyer
literal |ˈlidərəlˈlitrəl|
adjective
1 taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory:
dreadful in its literal sense, full of dread.
free from exaggeration or distortion: you shouldn't take this as a literal record
of events.
informal absolute (used to emphasize that a strong expression is deliberately
chosen to convey one's feelings): fifteen years of literal hell.
2 (of a translation) representing the exact words of the original text.
(of a visual representation) exactly copied; realistic as opposed to abstract or
impressionistic.
3 (also literal-minded) (of a person or performance) lacking imagination; prosaic.
4 of, in, or expressed by a letter or the letters of the alphabet: literal mnemonics.
noun British Printing
a misprint of a letter.
92 posted on
11/03/2016 6:05:11 AM PDT by
itsahoot
(GOP says, Vote Trump. But if your principles won't let you, Hillary is OK.)
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