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I wish people would stop using the word "wrong" in this context. Words may have more than one meaning, and if people choose to use words that way, the meanings are not wrong even when they contradict each other.

Example -- Joe says about Larry, "He's really a baaad dude." The appropriate response is to determine the context of the remark, not assume the word is being misused.

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You're making the same argument as the post, it's worth reading. He is saying that telling people they can't use "literally" as an exaggeration is wrong because words mean what you want them to.

He is also explaining that the dictionaries that have updated "literally" to show this usage are not dictating anything, they merely reflect the way the word is being commonly used.

> You're making the same argument as the post, it's worth reading.

Yes, I know, I read it. My objection was only to the article's misleading title.

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