“It’s literally amazing”. - A line from one of the women in a recent Proactive SkinCare commercial. :dubious: Oh yeah? Literally amazing?? As opposed to what? Figuratively amazing?! WTF. Our collective intelligence is dumbed down yet another small notch. 
Yes, amazing is the new awesome which was the new ironic.
Now, what do you think about every answer starting with "So, ".
When I saw the Sheryl Sandberg doing this I just wanted to slap her out of it.
The use of “literally” as an intensifier is a very well established English idiom by now, and almost never causes any actual confusion. The meaning, in context, is perfectly clear. Prescriptivist sneering at it is getting really tired.
Dude, getting upset with people who get upset with people using literally incorrectly is *literally *the worst thing in the world.
Ugh. I never said it was ‘confusing’ or ‘unclear’. That was what you inserted in order to make your point. It’s literally stupid. That’s my point. And I’m sticking to it.
What Ambivalid talks about literally bursts a few of my blood vessels every time I see an example of it.