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[–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Merriam Webster updated the definition of literally to include the "informal" figurative definition in 2013.

Now I use "objectively" because literally doesn't literally mean literally in the dictionary.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 weeks ago* (3 children)

    Yup. And sometimes bad means bad and bad means good, but bad still means bad in the dictionary so unless I'm in an casual discussion where slang is acceptable, bad still means bad.

    Unlike literally which is now defined as literally or figuratively in the dictionary as of 2013.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    According to Merriam-Webster they included its non-literal use in their dictionary since at least 1909.

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