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kennyadamlast Tuesday at 11:07 PM1 replyview on HN

It's awful what happened to literally. The enormity of the change in meaning is so egregious. When it literally gets used with both meanings in the same conversation, decimating my brain, I have to wonder how nonplussed anyone trying to learn English must be. I'm sure there are plenty of words it's happened to, but this must the most egregious example.


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efreakyesterday at 4:50 AM

Is it decimating your brain literally or figuratively? You only have one, after all.