&gt; I&#x27;m not sure this is helpful though. We&#x27;ve accepted &quot;literally&quot; also means &quot;not literally&quot; without creating a new language.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;waste.typepad.com&#x2F;waste&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;on-a-popular-misconception-concerning-literally.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;waste.typepad.com&#x2F;waste&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;on-a-popular-misconce...</a><p>It&#x27;s just a figurative use of &quot;literally&quot;. It&#x27;s like saying &quot;He&#x27;s such a baby&quot; of an immature (&lt;- also figurative!) adult. You aren&#x27;t saying that such an adult is actually a baby.