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> Much as "literal" no longer means literal. To be clear, "literally" still means the original definition, but now there is an additional colloquial definition
by thephyber 6y ago
> Much as "literal" no longer means literal.
To be clear, "literally" still means the original definition, but now there is an additional colloquial definition which can be used as the opposite of the original meaning[1].
[1] https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/literally https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/literally