http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/literally Questions tagged with 'literally' at Ask MetaFilter. Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:44:19 -0800 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:44:19 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/35249/Literally%2Dis%2Dits%2Down%2Dantonym%2DHow%2Dcan%2Dthis%2Dbe Thanks to a derail in <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/50435#1259953">this thread</a>, I have learned that Merriam-Webster now believes that <a href="http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=literally">"literally" also means "virtually."</a> This has shaken me to the core, and seems to be evidence of the English language being irrevocably broken. I beg you to ease my soul and prove this isn't true by giving me evidence of other English words that, over time, have come to mean their own antonyms. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.35249 Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:44:19 -0800 antonym english language literally virtually Faint of Butt