What does "literally" mean?

[Sol]

Literally as an intensifier makes total sense, particularly since words like "very" get kind of bleached of their meaning with overuse.

Anyway, what's good in language is defined by usage- literally is used by a very large number of people (although if it was just one small town or something, it would still be ok) and is thus perfectly reasonable.

[Sol]

Of course, the issue with linguistic change is that it's almost always inevitable- considering the course literally has taken recently, I'd say it's transition to an intensifier is unstoppable. So criticizing is rather pointless- in a few generations, it'll mean the same thing as very. In any case, all Prescriptivism does in this context is allow for people to disprove of others based on the way they speak.