> a word with no meaning in today's USA. Person 1: I am literally going to have a stroke if I see another tweet about fake news. Person 2: Are you really? Should I call 911?
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> Who fucking knows anymore? First, it meant factual, and now it means fictional. What the fuck, internet... what the fuck?
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> a much misused adverb, often for emphasis
> "I literally died of embarrassment."
> "Really? How was reincarnation, you fucking illiterate dipshit?"
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> A good way to show that you are a total drama queen twit is to use the term 'literally' to describe every mundane thing that you do in life
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All of this begs the question, when does a definition of a word change? I suppose it happens when we collectively agree on it, or perhaps when a large enough segment of the population agrees. Perhaps at this point, literally can mean figuratively if we consider the misuse, in the same way we accept irregardless and regardless as being one and the same. But I suppose then a new word would be necessary to literally mean literally and avoid confusion.
[1] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Literally