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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<big>'''echo literally > /dev/null'''</big> Dave Burnett@GDaveB 17 Aug 18 THE CAMPAIGN TO STOP OVERUSE OF THE WORD "LITERALLY" #LiterallyOverused 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