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Literally: a crutch word.

Some dictionary "trustees" are adding the “non-literal” version of literally to its offerings. Well-known names such as Merriam and Cambridge have followed in Google’s footsteps by including a meaning that goes something like “used to acknowledge that something isn’t literally true but is used for emphasis or to express a strong feeling.”

Your speech literally becomes less effective, as it is literally lost in the usage of tautological repetitive diction. Many basics literally claim that using, “literally” literally strengthens their sentence because it literally puts an extra emphasis on what they are literally saying "literally" happened. Literally.

The grass is literally greener on the other side of the fence.

The fact that Charles Dickens used literally in a figurative sense ("'Lift him out,' said Squeers, after he had literally feasted his eyes, in silence, upon the culprit") doesn't justify altering the definition or contemporary overuse of the word.

echo literally > /dev/null

Start a new trend, make people aware and help them to stop overusing this adverb. In fact, the English language would survive very well with this word entirely eliminated.

Patrick@BAP1129	9 May 13
I wouldn't mind if the word "literally" disappeared from the English language. #literallyoverused

Dave Burnett@GDaveB	17 Aug 18
THE CAMPAIGN TO STOP OVERUSE OF THE WORD "LITERALLY" #LiterallyOverused

Tim Racho@timracho 	24 May 16
Please stop saying "literally". #thankyou #stopsayingliterally #literally #clutchwords

🥰💕❤️🌸 #Day6GravityinDallas D-3@romo_valeria	17 May 15
It's true lol XD #literallyoverused pic.twitter.com/vEsQRwSCVl

Rob Graham@ErrataRob	9 Jun 13
Clapper saying "literally gut wrenching" enrages the writing pedant in me #STOPsayingLITERALLY

Becca@radtattooedmom	Mar 28
Someone in the breakroom said “literally” 6 times in her short conversation. 6 times!! I literally can’t make this up. 😂 
#stopsayingliterally

Actually you could Becca, so you are also using this adverb incorrectly.

Rick Sadowski@RickS7	4 Nov 17
There is not a more overused and incorrectly used word as “literally.” It’s driving me crazy — but not literally! Yet. 
#stopsayingliterally

Craig Bourm@mruob928	20 Apr 17
@HiMyNameIsSeton I think you mean figuratively not literally. You say it a lot. Literally, I mean. #stopsayingliterally

Anakin's Lightsaber@skywalker_saber	21 Apr 18
I took a minute and went through my past tweets and saw that I used the word "literally' in 5 posts. That's 5 posts too many. I 
sincerely apologize. #StopSayingLiterally #IDoNotThinkItMeansWhatYouThinkItMeans

Chelsea Smith@Chelmsmith	12 Feb 15
Does anyone know what literally means? #stopsayingliterally

Matthew Burgess@MatthewtBurgess	7 Apr 15
Overheard in hospital: “I’m literally up to my neck in patients.” No. No you’re not. #stopsayingliterally

Stephen Pallotta@stephenpallotta	20 Mar 13
Even my professors abuse the word literally #stopsayingliterally

Melanie McGovern@mjmcgovern12	15 Apr 15
Did they say "literally" in the 80s? #stopsayingliterally #TheGoldbergs

Answer: No, at least not to such an extent as that asinine and anachronistic television program suggests.

AJ@sarahbellum22	4 Mar 13
I feel bad for literally. It is literally abused by millions of people with literally small vocabularies. #literally 
#stopsayingliterally

Gloria R 🌯🌮🥙🍚@ger1771	19 Sep 11
If you say, "I literally fell out of my chair" and you didn't then I'm gonna push you out of your chair. #stopsayingliterally

I probably couldn't have said it better myself.

Mark Prommel@markprommel	Jun 8
Please stop saying "literally." It doesn't make people take your point more seriously. #stopsayingliterally

Kate Byrne@katemac35	25 May 12
how do i stop myself from baking when there is virtually NOTHING ELSE TO DO? #correctuseofvirtually #stopsayingliterally #goinginsane

jay hdez@xTRANSMISIONESx	18 Dec 17
Make similes and metaphors great again 2018 🇺🇸 #stopsayingliterally #webelieveyou #literary

I am going to visit cafepress and have hats made that display: Make Metaphores Great Again... "stop saying literally!"

Amber Gainey Meade@gaineymeade	22 Jun 15
Stop saying literally. Stop it. Particularly if what you really mean is "figuratively." Just stop. No more. #literally 
#StopSayingLiterally

1ExpensivePieceOfPpr@Michelle_UVic	29 Jan 15
PSA: Please stop the over (and incorrect use of literally) you are figuratively driving this English major crazy! #uvic 
#stopsayingliterally

Hyper Vigilance@AndyRooneyTwin	30 Jan 18
The word "Literally" is the most overused word in the English language. I hear it so much that it has begun to lose all meaning. 
Please everyone, #stopsayingliterally. slimkid36.wixsite.com/imjustsaying @BaldBryan @Jokoy @selfamused @Iovelywords 
pic.twitter.com/5Qw2ogDHJI

Lena@lenamorsch	Sep 14
I wish everyone would quit using the word "literally" in every other sentence these days, or at least understand its meaning when 
using it! It needed to be said! #Literally pic.twitter.com/iMFXsxiqnL

Multiverse Queen@MultivursQueen	21 Jan 12
Let's (incl. me) revolutionize the come back of proper grammar & reduce usage of "literally" to its original intent. 
#literallyoverused

E-Diggity@ETRAIN57	22 Oct 13
Literally, #ithink people literally use the word "literally", like, #literally too much #literallyoverused #likeliterally

Alessandra@mrsmintmav	11 Jul 12
Guy on This Morning just said 'People are literally dying...' don't think the word 'literally' is needed in that sentence 
#literallyoverused

Elliot Whitter@elliotwhitter1	27 Apr 18
Replying to @astro_milf @mvutant @chancetherapper
Curious what policies you're referring to that would "literally" kill people in any city, let alone Chicago? You know literally means 
directly as in he or his policy you're referring to would be the cause of death? Maybe you meant 'essentially' or "virtually?" 
#LiterallyOverused

Lisa Pizza 💙@LisaCeeDee	29 Apr 16
I think I'm gonna start a trend where I use "figuratively" when something is actually literal. Just to be annoying. 
#StopUsingLiterally

Josh@Dorkfi5h	4 Aug 14
Replying to @JohnnyFeisty @margitan
@JohnnyFeisty @margitan I literally hate the new definition of literally. #literallyisliterally