MEME REFERENCE

Did you mean?

Use Did you mean? when someone corrects a weak description with a sharper and more revealing one.

What it expresses

Correction by replacement: the central figure’s correction by replacement posture in Did you mean? represents a moment where someone corrects a weak description with a sharper and more revealing one.

Example

For example, the team calls it a refresh, and someone corrects that to full rewrite; the visual analogy is the central figure’s correction by replacement posture in Did you mean?, signaling that someone corrects a weak description with a sharper and more revealing one.

When not to use it

Avoid when the original wording is already exact; the central figure’s correction by replacement posture in Did you mean? would incorrectly signal that someone corrects a weak description with a sharper and more revealing one.

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