> It's almost always clear which version of "literally" someone is using None of these examples are relevant. > This heat is killing me No ambiguity in the m

> It's almost always clear which version of "literally" someone is using None of these examples are relevant. > This heat is killing me No ambiguity in the misuse here, since you would literally be the first person who had ever talked to the living dead. > I'm in love with this ice cream "In love" isn't well-defined. How is this even a misuse? > I swear to god Again, how is this a misuse? You might argue that people swear to god too casually, but that's a far cry from somehow claiming that you're certain that the person doesn't _actually_ mean they're swearing to god. By contrast, I've already personally come across cases where people used the word literally and were misunderstood as meaning "a lot". On more than one occasion!