Legit and Special

Legit

Legit adjective - Permitted by law.

Special and legit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Legit".

Special

Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.

Legit and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Legit" instead an adjective "Special".

Both words in one sentence

  • Potentially annoying if it's legit but has a special event move that makes the game think it's hacked.
  • Wrestling / Kazushi Sakuraba Another example is his 1996 fight against Rene Rooze, which technically is Saku's first legit fight, but it is not counted as a MMA fight due to its special rules.
  • Video Game / Magicka It's easy to assume it's just a special effect tacked onto a plain weapon, but it turns out, it's actually a legit element type.
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