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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

For years, smart people have used an easy trick to figure out whether the person they're talking to is an idiot: Do they use the word "literally" correctly or not? But recently, a civil war has raged ...

(CNN) — This is going to give grammarians a headache, literalists a migraine and language nerds a nervous breakdown. The definition of literally is no longer the literal definition of literally.