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Has anyone else noticed widespread abuse of the work "literal"?

Asked by syz (35943points) November 19th, 2008

It’s driving me nuts!! It seems like suddenly no one understands what the word means – on the radio, TV broadcasters (if public speaking is your job, shouldn’t you speak correctly?) Example: “I was so happy, I was literally walking on the moon.” I hear a misuse almost every day. Are people just lingually lazy?

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