Quote Originally Posted by NessaWyvern View Post
People kept using literally wrong, so much so that it gained the secondary definition, which is what he was talking about. Now literally sometimes has the same usage as figuratively, I think it's dumb, but it is what it is.
Whoever came up with that definition was wrong. I don't think there is a single instance where you could replace the word "literally" with "figuratively" and have it make sense. I *figuratively* can't think of anything where it would actually have the same effect instead of just looking ridiculous, seeing as the word "literally" in these cases doesn't actually mean "figuratively", but is in fact used as an interjection meant to emphasise a point.