[Ads-l] "physically" = "literally"?

[Amy West]

Ya ain't linguistically immature, and we need Gen X informants. Thank 
you for your insight as a speaker!

---Amy WEst

On 5/16/26 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
> Date:    Fri, 15 May 2026 11:32:05 -0700
> From:    Emily Gordon<emdashes at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: "physically" = "literally"?
>
> As a linguistically immature Gen Xer, I offer that “physically” in this
> sense means “strenuously [an exaggeration for emotional or humorous
> emphasis] achieved something in real life rather than online.”

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