Seriously? That's a dictionary I wouldn't be using again.According to the dictionary, literally also means figuratively now, which is stupid and drives me crazy. I know language is always evolving, but some of these things I just cannot abide.
I LITERALLY just deleted the word literally from one of my posts, even though TECHNICALLY it was used correctly, because I started feeling self conscious after reading this thread....
OMG. We are currently trying to break our nephew of using the word "technically" at the beginning of every sentence lol. We've explained the definition over and over and conversations still go like this:
Me: Did you brush your teeth yet?
Him: Technically, yes. I brushed them yesterday.
Me: Do you have any homework?
Him: Technically, no. I have one thing but the rest I finished in school
Me: Are you ready for practice?
Him: Technically, yes, I just have to put my shoes on. (as he sits on the couch eating chips with NOTHING ready)
Him: Technically, my cousins are my brothers and sisters since I live with them
Me: Remember how we talked about what "technically" means?
But he's 11, so......
Contemporaneously has been used a lot lately. I’m pretty sure based on context I understand what it means but I wouldn’t feel confident using it in a sentence and it’s an annoying sounding wordCertain words and phrases literally take over in the media and literally, it seems, our everyday conversation. This has literally become the one that I literally find most annoying.
Certain words and phrases literally take over in the media and literally, it seems, our everyday conversation. This has literally become the one that I literally find most annoying.