We all know someone who repeats a certain word frequently in conversations. Maybe it's "like," or "essentially" or "literally." That likely sounds familiar, and it can be a bit distracting—especially ...

There are many things that enrage grammar snobs, maybe because they’re not exactly the nicest of people. They hate run-on sentences, the incorrect usage of “your” and “you’re,” and when people don’t ...

A screenshot of Google search results shows the meaning of "literally" now includes the incorrect definition of when "something is not literally true but is used for emphasis." (Google screenshot; red ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (PIX11) – The definition of the word ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The word “literally” has always meant “in a ...

It’s the literal truth, we say, as if that “literal” conveyed an extra measure of authority. Actually, literal meanings are frequently wrong, and often confusing. A recent example is the “naked wife” ...

“It makes me mad when people say ‘literally’ when they mean ‘figuratively’ as it does sound stupid and confusing,” a poster on Quora wrote recently. “Is this normal?” In the replies, the top answer is ...

The Internet is abuzz with irate grammarians criticizing the way Google defines the word "literally." In addition to the word's original meaning—"in a literal manner or sense"—the Google definition ...