It seems really common for words for factuality to become intensifiers. I just used the word "really" as an intensifier, thought it really means things occurring in reality. "Very" had the same thing happen to it, as it originally meant "truthfully" (as in "verify" or "verity"). If I say something is "truly massive", am I likely specifying the massiveness is not imaginary in some sense, or am I trying to convey massiveness beyond the lower bounds of "massive"? Is a "proper banger" of a tune distinct from an improper banger or is it just a highly bangerful banger?
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