I hope you’re not just another millenial who literally doesn’t understand the meaning of the word “literally”.
For what it’s worth, Wiktionary cites the figurative usage of “literally” as early as 1827 and Etymonline quotes a complaint about it from 1924. Describing it as distinctly “millennial” is literally ahistorical.
For what it’s worth, Wiktionary cites the figurative usage of “literally” as early as 1827 and Etymonline quotes a complaint about it from 1924. Describing it as distinctly “millennial” is literally ahistorical.
Invention is distinct from widespread usage.