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Quoting David Goldman:-
"As an example, allow me to talk about the word 'literally' - long story short is that today the word 'literally' is used incorrectly to mean the exact opposite to 'literally'. This change has been recorded in several dictionaries so now the word has two meanings, exact opposites to each other. How did this change come about? Hundreds of thousands of (mostly American) children with poor education and limited intelligence used the word so often it came to mean the opposite. This may seem to some as democracy in action; language changing to reflect the people using it. But in essence is the power of mass stupidity that has made this change with absolutely no benefit to society. And so it is with many seemingly popular choices, that they reflect the will of the people. However, as the example shows, just because many people believe one thing, that can still be a stupid thing".