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Did We Change the Definition of 'Literally'?
- ksaj 7y agoI've always just considered it the way that "great" sometimes means "lousy", the way "sure" often means "surely not" and "likely" used on its own most often means "unlikely." Just imagine Lisa Simpson saying it. A sarcastic or exaggerated use of a term shouldn't really change the definition itself. In context, it is obvious that an exaggeration or the opposite is what is being implied.