> I'm not sure this is helpful though. We've accepted "literally" also means "not literally" without creating a new language. http://waste.typepad.com/waste/20

> I'm not sure this is helpful though. We've accepted "literally" also means "not literally" without creating a new language. http://waste.typepad.com/waste/2014/07/on-a-popular-misconception-concerning-literally.html http://waste.typepad.com/waste/2014/07/on-a-popular-misconce... It's just a figurative use of "literally". It's like saying "He's such a baby" of an immature (<- also figurative!) adult. You aren't saying that such an adult is actually a baby.