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Oversight Committee Overlooks
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Oversight Committee Overlooks

Words can literally mean their opposite. Deal with it.
Grand Teton National Park’s Snake River Overlook

English speakers like to complain about the liberal use of literally, meaning something akin to figuratively. But our language is replete with words carrying two connotations that are more or less opposite. John explains.

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Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
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A podcast about language, with host John McWhorter.