I think that's how it started ("figuratively literally"), but not sure that modern youth know the literal meaning of literal. As you say, its meaning extremely

I think that's how it started ("figuratively literally"), but not sure that modern youth know the literal meaning of literal. As you say, its meaning extremely vulnerable to the fate it experienced, and many words have suffered the same fate: very, really, actually, ... People who mock "misuse" of "literally" should take a good look that their own diction.