Question:Cuz I've heard it plenty of times, just wanted to know where it came from, and if it was originally used sarcastically, as it is today.
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Actually, it was originally used by the poet Alexander Pope. It was used to denote the emotion and intensity of what he was feeling as he wrote (ie: The screams of the afflicted as I beheld those the plague had struck down, the Horror!)
He wanted the reader to have a feeling for what he felt when he wrote it. It wasn't meant to be sarcastic, but nowadays nobody admits to be scared anymore (too much exposure to tv & movies)
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