I love Weird Al; but there's rarely confusion with the word "literally", else it would have fallen out of usage long ago. When someone says "it's literally a p

I love Weird Al; but there's rarely confusion with the word "literally", else it would have fallen out of usage long ago. When someone says "it's literally a printing press" about something that is obviously not a printing press, you know that they are using literally as it has been used for hundreds of years[0]: for strong emphasis. [0]: https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/109061 https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/109061 definition 1c.