New definition of Literally !!

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/15/living/lit...efinition/


Dictionaries change: This is literally the end of the English language  ::LOL::

In high school , my hashtag wouldda been , Literally and Figuratively  :-[

metaphorically wouldda been in there somewhere !


now this  ** sigh **....

(CNN) --

This is going to give grammarians a headache, literalists a migraine and nerds a nervous breakdown.

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Alas, poor literally . . .  The definition of literally is no longer the literal definition of literally.

Next thing they'll be telling us that there's no ham in hamburger, no egg in eggplant,

a boxing ring isn't round and tennis shoes aren't just for tennis.

We're literally over it.

Usage does change throughout the decades. Usage would change the meaning of any given word. For example, the word GAY used to mean light hearted and carefree. Now that word has become a term. It is a term used instead of the word homosexual.

When the CNN/HLN host said, I couldn't hardly care less, she was speaking incorrectly, grammatically. The correct way is to say "I could hardly care less." The term hardly is the negative word that replaces not.

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Usage does change throughout the decades.
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Changing Usage and ReDefinition are different