Message from @Lios
Discord ID: 618676158132649993
Show me this singular myriad.
You make me want to metaphorically blow my brains out in a myriad of ways.
A ton of other things used to mean something else
I used the adjective version of the word
But anything that has changed meaning was often descriptive. There are prescriptive words.
Such as "literally"
Which is meant to mean exactly as you see it, and as it happened.
Now we also allow using it as the literal antonym: figuratively.
So now the word becomes a confusion. You cannot trust that when something says that something "literally" happened, we have permitted it to also mean it might only have figuratively happened.
That's a form of hyperbole, people do that all the time
Like when they say "all my life I've been waiting"
No they haven't been waiting all their life
Because as babies they couldn't have waited
They weren't aware of what they would be waiting for
It literally means the same thing
But it *doesn't*
Because both are distinct, yes?
Even tho they mean the exact same thing
Wait what
So when someone says "I'm literally dead" and they stand before you, still quite very alive, do you think they may have used the word incorrectly?
*"A* countless or extremely great number"
"countless or extremely great *IN* number"
Definitely literally not the same
So a myriad of different dreams. A myriad of queers at a trans parade. They're all crazy different dreams. They're all crazy demented confused gay people. Noun. Refering to *them* or the *thing* like my dream or those queers.
Adjective being in a myriad of ways I want to metaphorically blow my brains out. *in many different ways*
@Lios that's hyperbole to express an extreme reaction, like for example shock, or strong laughter
Doesn't answer the question, though. Is the word being used correctly?
Yes
It's both
It is
It's being used correctly and incorrectly
I used it correctly
In the *literal* sense it's being used incorrectly, in the *figurative* sense it's being used correctly
Myriad is the old topic, Joey, keep up
No it isnt I used it correctly good night I already explained it n you're ignoring it
Nighty night good wishes to you all
And yeah Joey did use "a myriad" correctly
So you permit literally being used figuratively? So now literally is entirely permitted to be used alongside figuratively?
It's both a noun and an adjective, so it's correct
I still highly disagree, using "a myriad" as a noun, to reference another noun, without which is becomes an entirely meaningless word, makes it the incorrect usage of the word
About the "literally dead" thing, that's a different matter
