According to the dictionary, “literally” now also means “figuratively”

Re:According to the dictionary, “literally” now also means “... by arethuza on Friday August 23, 2013 @06:22AM (#6262617)

I encountered an interesting example of two constrasting meanings of "outstanding" in the final section of the final report of a multi-million pound research project - it ended with a bullet point list of the "oustanding" areas for the project with the intention of meaning "not settled or resolved" when in context it looked like it meant "Standing out among others of its kind; prominent.".

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Re:According to the dictionary, “literally” now also means “... by Schiphol on Friday August 23, 2013 @07:03AM (#6262728)

But these two outstandings are just different, no? Not contrasting in the sense made salient by the present discussion.

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Re:According to the dictionary, “literally” now also means “... by arethuza on Friday August 23, 2013 @07:12AM (#6262761)

In the context of that project final report they were meant to mean "the things we haven't done" but it looked like it meant "the best things we have done".

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Re:According to the dictionary, “literally” now also means “... by Schiphol on Friday August 23, 2013 @09:59AM (#6263626)

Right, I see what you mean.

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