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Yesterday I saw the movie "Atelier", and I heard the phrase め **っ** ちゃくちゃ. Is
it grammatically correct? And how to translate it?

Can emphasized め **っ** ちゃくちゃ be found in official literature? Google shows
about 999,000 results.. And めちゃくちゃ - 42,900,000 results.

Can someone answer it, not just give a down-votes? I will not give up :)
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grammar meaning pronunciation
Difference between めっちゃくちゃ and めちゃくちゃ
while the (linked) weblio entry is obviously (and almost exhaustively, not to
say exhaustingly) correct…. in my experience the word is used colloquially
almost similarly to すごい or とてもとても as in 景色はめちゃくちゃ奇麗 or パーティーはめちゃくちゃ楽しかった and
the degree of emphasis placed on it by the speaker also affects the degree of
meaning, as with any language… think about how many intonations you can put on
the word 'yes', each of them adding a different nuance…. all very びみょう… but
fun….
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Today, some young Japanese people often use the word "めっちゃ" in informal
situation. It means "very" (or "quite", "totally", "extremely", and so on).

They sometimes repeat "っ" in "めっちゃ" for more emphasis. "めっっっちゃ楽しかった！" means
"It was very very very fun!". Maybe this usage is not on the any Japanese
syntax books, but can be understand by most Japanese people.

Probably, "めっちゃ" comes from "めちゃくちゃ（滅茶苦茶）". I have never seen the word
"めっちゃくちゃ". But I can understand it like "めっちゃ", as emphasizing
"めちゃくちゃ".![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kKCGy.jpg)
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The difference is that the version with っ is more emotive and/or emphatic.
This is not unique to めっちゃ:

  * [やはり→やっぱり](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/418/542)
  * [とても→とっても](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/808/542)

It is more emotive and it closes the distance between the speaker and
listener. If the speaker was in an official or a formal role such as a person
giving a speech at a conference or addressing an important person, the use of
the emotive version causes the speaker to be perceived as representing his
personal self instead of representing his official post or role at that time.
As such it may be unsuitable for formal use, and hence may possibly be
perceived as rude or impolite for being incongruent with the social situation
at hand.
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