Comment by alt227
5 days ago
They changed the definition of 'literally' to fit the modern meaning. You can no longer call it abuse now as the misuse fits the new definition.
See definition 2 here:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/literal...
That definition genuinely gives me cancer. I seriously, 100% am going to die now because dictionary editors don't seem to grasp that this is simply a "tone" of ironically over-emphasized speaking similar to sarcasm, and not a new definition of one word. I'm 250% honestly in chemotherapy now because they don't get that. Veritably, indubitably, unarguably cooked now. Thanks, dictionary editors.
The stronger player was handicapped when they gave their opponent a handicap, and yet they still won; they now held in their hands their prize that was the match's prize.
Literally false: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/misuse-of-literally
Use of literally in, well, the non-literal sense dates back hundreds of years.
I literally had no idea.