Society crumbles as Google admits "Literally" now means "Figuratively"

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Society crumbles as Google admits "Literally" now means "Figuratively"

I'm all for the flexibility of language. Modern pronunciations don't bother me, I think many common grammatical errors should be added to the rulebook, and I fully support letting words' meanings change over time. That said, there's something kind of heartbreaking about Google's new "expanded" definition of "literally."



Yes, the Google Dictionary now says "literally" means literally and figuratively, two things that are completely opposite. That... that seems like it's going to be problematic. Also, I find it kind of obnoxious that Google would give this second definition to the word before admitting its far more common pronunciation is "lit'rally." It's literally driving me crazy!

[W.West Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close W.West]

Damn you Rob Lowe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[Jeff Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Jeff]

Google is the new skynet. Judgement day will be upon us.

[The_Mad_Dragon Captain Pervert Find all posts View Profile Close The_Mad_Dragon]

What have we done?

[Caleb Lancaster The Time Traveler Find all posts View Profile Close Caleb Lancaster]

Damn you Rob Lowe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Damn. Beat me to the video I was gonna post.

[SD80MAC Not a True Fan Find all posts View Profile Close SD80MAC]

Too bad Google is not the OED. So fuck 'em.

[Lantern A-train Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Lantern A-train]

Sure about that?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...literally.html

[Jeff Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Jeff]

I warned everybody back in the early 90's when we had to pay for aol by the minute to "not be too proud of this technological terror we created". Looks like Vader is gonna have to force choke a bitch.

[Robinson Guardian Of The Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Robinson]

Too bad Google is not the OED. So fuck 'em.

Sure about that?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...literally.html

hhahahahahahahaha.......................

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

Yeah, Google is not to blame for this. For that matter, neither is the OED. Stupid people, that kept using it that way so often that it became common usage, are.

[Space Cop The Dandy Find all posts View Profile Close Space Cop]

Yeah, Google is not to blame for this. For that matter, neither is the OED. Stupid people, that kept using it that way so often that it became common usage, are.

Right. IIRC, "ain't" is in the OED. It's not their fault. They're responding to an actual change in the language.

[JohnnyV Pictionary Master Find all posts View Profile Close JohnnyV]

I'm literally crying right now.

[Tazer That Evil, Yellow Bastiche Find all posts View Profile Close Tazer]

Yo.

I literally cannot give a flying fuck about this, and I also literally ppl who show hatred towards Superman to lose their keyboards until they learn to love 7 respect the man.............

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LITERALLY!!!




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[Robinson Guardian Of The Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Robinson]

i literally think people should proofread their posts to make sure they make sense.

[Lantern A-train Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Lantern A-train]

Someone should literally learn how to use all of the letters on their keyboard and hold down shift when using the number button to make a symbol.