Hypothesis 3: As some people seem to insist, "literally" has recently morphed into a contronym, and now it figuratively also means "figuratively".
...sorry, I meant it literally also means "figuratively".
...no, wait, that's just the same thing. 🙄 It *actually* also means "figuratively".
(Really? People couldn't find a better new word to provide emphasis than "literally"? What word do they want to unambiguously represent that concept now? Do they care? Ugh...)
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Hypothesis 3: As some people seem to insist, "literally" has recently morphed into a contronym, and now it figuratively also means "figuratively".
...sorry, I meant it literally also means "figuratively".
...no, wait, that's just the same thing. 🙄 It *actually* also means "figuratively".
(Really? People couldn't find a better new word to provide emphasis than "literally"? What word do they want to unambiguously represent that concept now? Do they care? Ugh...)