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illumen
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... and now literally means figuratively. Language is silly.
riffraff
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my favourite: "egregious" meant "outstandingly good" (which it still does in languages other then english), and now means "very bad".
RyanMcGreal
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Another one is "terrific", which used to mean "causing terror" but now refers to something big and impressive.
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Maybe in your country, but not in mine.
eli
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"Literally" has actually been used informally in that sense for a few hundred years.
sanoli
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Because internet.
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