Bluesky · Hashtag

#literally

537
posts · 30d
18
users
18
posts / day
29.8
posts / user
+ 14% vs last week

#literally is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 18 people shared 537 posts with it — around 18 a day. Activity is up 14% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 21 with 27 posts.

#literally posts per day (last 30 days)

Posts with #literally

DerkHerkenbersh
@dochackenbush.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
Literally, Sharks (complete collection) I can do this as a print if anyone is interested? £45 plus P&P for 12x12in. DM me! #art #sharks #literally
Illustration of 12 literal sharks. 

Prickly shark: shark shaped cactus
Pocket Shark: wears a waistcoat covered in pockets
Gummy shark: is made of pink gummy candy
Milk shark: a milk carton with fins and a tail
Cow shark: shark with a black and white cow print colour scheme and udders
Bonnethead shark: shark wearing a frilly bonnet
Hammerhead shark: regular shark that has been conked on the noggin by a large hammer that is still embedded in its head
Lemon shark: shark shaped and coloured like a lemon with fins green like leaves
Horn shark: Randy shark looking lascivious 
Whiskery shark: shark with huge bushy beard
Nurse shark: shark holding a syringe and wearing a paper nurse’s hat 
Bull shark: brown shark with cattle horns and a ring through its nose
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Tressie McMillan Cottom
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
I’ve been busy with travel so I didn’t see it first hand. I thought #yall were #literally joking about the 104% tariff.
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The Conversation U.S.
@us.theconversation.com
over 1 year ago
The figurative use of "literally" has a literally long history, with authors like Charles Dickens and Mark Twain embracing it in their writing. A linguist delves into the word's evolution: buff.ly/41ojOnc (Valerie M. Fridland @unevadareno.bsky.social) #literally #linguistics
Love it or hate it, nonliteral ‘literally’ is here to stay: Here’s why English will survive

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Love it or hate it, nonliteral ‘literally’ is here to stay: Here’s why English will survive

Language changes because of how it finds itself most gainfully employed by speakers through time. So it’s OK to say “The movie literally blew my mind” and not mean it … literally.

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