A screenshot of Google search results shows the meaning of "literally" now includes the incorrect definition of when "something is not literally true but is used for emphasis." (Google screenshot; red ...

The Internet is abuzz with irate grammarians criticizing the way Google defines the word "literally." In addition to the word's original meaning—"in a literal manner or sense"—the Google definition ...

Grammar nerds everywhere have long lamented the widespread misuse of the word "literally." As anyone who paid attention in grade school knows, "literally" means "in a literal or strict sense, as ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The word “literally” has always meant “in a ...

Few words so rile language purists as the use of the adverb “literally” in a figurative sense, as in, “That movie literally blew my mind”. But as a linguist who studies how English has changed over ...

For years, smart people have used an easy trick to figure out whether the person they're talking to is an idiot: Do they use the word "literally" correctly or not? But recently, a civil war has raged ...

“Take my word for it,” a friend said the other day. Sounds straightforward and I do surely trust Jim, but I have spent my life studying words. People imagine words mean what they mean, but they are ...