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Maybe. It is possible that the word is used sarcastically more often than literally though. For instance, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that the word "lite
by jlgreco 13y ago
Maybe. It is possible that the word is used sarcastically more often than literally though. For instance, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that the word "literally" may actually be used more often to mean "not literally".
- joshschreuder 13y ago'Literally' is already in the OED as 'not literally': http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/10240917/Uproar-as-OED-includes-erroneous-use-of-literally.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/10240917/Uproar-as-OED-...
- leephillips 13y agoIndeed! http://lee-phillips.org/literallyEgregious/ http://lee-phillips.org/literallyEgregious/