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words/language evolve, deal with it.
Speling, and grammar were never a Strong point of mine.
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Junkyard - lazaruswords/language evolve, deal with it.
This isn't the evolution of language, it's devolution.
This guy will, literally, be over the moon...
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I was literally angry with rage when I read that this morning.
[s]I would like[/s] Can I get a new dictionary, please?
Can we now use literally according to its dictionary definition without the (miss informed) spelling and grammar nazis having a go?
^I'd be 110% in support of this
And who is this [i]Miss Informed[/i]? 🙂
I've a suspicion that this is partly a publicity stunt by the OED.
There are several examples of words changing their meaning to the polar opposite (or near opposite) and not just in slang like bad or wicked meaning very good.
Parboil originally meant to boil thoroughly but has come to mean partly boil due to confusion of the suffix par- for part-.
I worry about those getting annoyed about this. As that article clearly points out:
[the OED] now adds that, [b]informally[/b], the word can be “[b]used[/b] for emphasis rather than being actually true” such as “we were literally killing ourselves laughing”.
The OED aren't saying the meaning of the word has changed, they are simply recording how it is used in modern parlance.
Irregardless will be next.
Edit. literally.
The OED aren't saying the meaning of the word has changed, they are simply recording how it is used in modern parlance.
By morons. Literally. 🙂
The OED aren't saying the meaning of the word has changed,
The representitive of the OED on Jonnie Beattie's Radio Scotland show stated quite clearly that we could consider the meaning to have officially changed. It all seemed a bit tongue in cheek though.
I literally couldn't give a flying f__k.
No really, I can't fly.
At some stage 'of' will replace 'have' and I will be literally... well I don't know what, but something, maybe.
iconic? - literally ?