• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      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.