What is a word for copying?

What is a word for copying?

Some common synonyms of copy are duplicate, facsimile, replica, and reproduction. While all these words mean "a thing made to closely resemble another," copy applies especially to one of a number of things reproduced mechanically.

What word should you use instead of literally?

Well to start with many people use “literally” wrong… the word they actually should be using is “figuratively” – e.g. saying “I'm literally going to kill you” is a death threat. So that's one word you could/should use, if you're e.g. saying it to a friend jokingly.

What is it called when you say something but don’t mean it literally?

An Idiom is a phrase that does not mean what it literally implies. Although we, as Americans, may clearly understand what the writer using an idiom is trying to convey, a reader from another culture most likely would have no idea what is being said.

What is it called when you imitate someone?

mimic. A mimic is someone who is good at imitating others. Mimic, related to mime, an entertainer who performs using gestures not speech, can be traced back to the Greek mimeisthai "to imitate." Usually when you mimic someone, you imitate them in order to make fun of them.