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					Originally Posted by  SebC
					 
				 
				No it's not, regardless of what the dictionaries say about it. 
			
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I understand your point, unfortunately this is a battle that has already  been lost.  The word has been used in this manner so much that people  understand when someone says literally they are sometimes using it for  emphasis.