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Originally Posted by Rocket-Sauce
Interesting how some words end up reversing their meaning with (over)use.
I literally died on that climb.

One of my favorites is tricking up my athletes "What is the ultimate position to place in the race?".
My brother likes to illustrate that with the phrase "the opposing pitcher was literally on fire."

Incredibly (to me) some dictionaries now define the word "literally" as "figuratively." Admittedly, it's not listed as the preferred usage, but still. One more sign of the decline of western civilization.
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