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Merriam-Webster added a second usage of the word "literally" to mean "virtually," but added the disclaimer that "Since some people take sense 2 to be the opposite of sense 1, it has been frequently criticized as a misuse. Instead, the use is pure hyperbole intended to gain emphasis, but it often appears in contexts where no additional emphasis is necessary."In the next decade millennials and the following coming of age generation will likely misuse the word "hot" when describing something that is actually cold, such as ice. Following the most logical (to them) course the authors and editors of Merriam-Webster will include the new opposite definition. Perhaps in a couple following decades all words will have blended with no clear and definite definition. In conversation no one will have any actual idea of the information attempting to be conveyed. Following that mankind will regress into a dialect of grunting and hooting completely doing away with all of the pesky words that make up language. Society will communicate in the language of Australopithecus thus simplifying education and everything else that requires effort in education.