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Common literature

1. A thing that certain people consider "very scary" when used by one who's typing is all over the place, usually very poor grammar, capitalization, spelling, and more, then suddenly changes to the proper way of typing/writing.

2. Obviously learned in many of your English classes, assuming you didn't skip.

3. Very rare. Just rare. Like, "discovered yesterday and it was scary as fuck," rare.
"What? I simply decided to use common literature properly to do better with English. It's not like the world is ending." "YOUR TYPING NORMAL AND IT'S SCARY" "You're, not your. Your is ta-" "SHUT-"
by Discord's Personal Satan January 6, 2021
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Titty Literature

Magazines containing articles and images involving the practice of pornography

e.g. Playboy , Hustler, etc.
I can't believe my mom found the shoe box with all that titty literature in it!!
by saltlifesailor69 November 15, 2021
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Moon literature

Novels that include shadow science, alchemy or (often dark) magic.
"What kind of books you like to read?"

"I love moon literature!"
by Auroraborealizz June 3, 2022
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Moon literature

Novels that include alchemy, shadow science or (often dark) magic.
"What kind of books you like to read?"

"I love moon literature!"
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Language (Literature And Lexicon)

What I call homo-sapiens who are addicted to abscesses.
Person 1: Language (Literature And Lexicon)
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: Language (Literature And Lexicon)
by Abreathofaversaillian January 23, 2025
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Scientific Literalism

The mistaken belief that scientific models, theories, and concepts are literal descriptions of reality rather than useful approximations. The Literalist thinks an electron is "really" a particle, a gene is "really" a discrete unit, a map is "really" the territory. Scientific Literalism forgets that science builds models, not mirrors—useful fictions that help us predict and intervene, not photographs of the noumenal world. It's the error of confusing the menu for the meal, the map for the landscape, the model for reality.
"You're arguing about whether light is 'really' a particle or a wave. Scientific Literalism: it's neither—those are models we use because they work. The map is not the territory. Your literalism is preventing you from understanding what science actually does."
by Abzugal February 23, 2026
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Epistemological Literalism

The naive belief that language can directly capture reality—that words mean what they mean, that concepts correspond to things, that truth is a matter of matching statements to world. Epistemological Literalism ignores the mediated, constructed, interpretive nature of all knowing. It's the epistemology of the confident, the unreflective, the certain. It feels like common sense but is actually a sophisticated philosophical position that most of philosophy has spent centuries dismantling.
"Just tell me the truth, directly, no interpretation." Epistemological Literalism: as if truth came pre-packaged in language, as if words weren't interpretations, as if you could escape meaning-making. There is no direct—only mediated. Grow up."
by Abzugal February 23, 2026
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