And the misuse of 'literally' as a generic intensifier isn't even recent. It dates back[0] to the late 1600s. [0] http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_w

And the misuse of 'literally' as a generic intensifier isn't even recent. It dates back[0] to the late 1600s. [0] http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2005/11/the_word_we_love_to_hate.html http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2005/11/the...