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Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by alt227 on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:26AM (#42698359)
They changed the definition of 'literally' to fit the modern meaning. You can no longer call it abuse now as the misuse fits the new definition.

See definition 2 here:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/literal...

Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by feoren on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:48AM (#42698680)
That definition genuinely gives me cancer. I seriously, 100% am going to die now because dictionary editors don't seem to grasp that this is simply a "tone" of ironically over-emphasized speaking similar to sarcasm, and not a new definition of one word. I'm 250% honestly in chemotherapy now because they don't get that. Veritably, indubitably, unarguably cooked now. Thanks, dictionary editors.
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by jhanschoo on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @12:25PM (#42700495)
The stronger player was handicapped when they gave their opponent a handicap, and yet they still won; they now held in their hands their prize that was the match's prize.
Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by dghlsakjg on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:37AM (#42698525)
Literally false: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/misuse-of-literally

Use of literally in, well, the non-literal sense dates back hundreds of years.

Re:In the Belly of the MrBeast by alt227 on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @10:49AM (#42698708)
I literally had no idea.