Now we also allow using it as the literal antonym: figuratively.

So now the word becomes a confusion. You cannot trust that when something says that something "literally" happened, we have permitted it to also mean it might only have figuratively happened.

That's a form of hyperbole, people do that all the time

Like when they say "all my life I've been waiting"

No they haven't been waiting all their life

Because as babies they couldn't have waited

They weren't aware of what they would be waiting for

It literally means the same thing

But it *doesn't*

Because both are distinct, yes?

Even tho they mean the exact same thing

Wait what

So when someone says "I'm literally dead" and they stand before you, still quite very alive, do you think they may have used the word incorrectly?

*"A* countless or extremely great number"
"countless or extremely great *IN* number"

Definitely literally not the same

So a myriad of different dreams. A myriad of queers at a trans parade. They're all crazy different dreams. They're all crazy demented confused gay people. Noun. Refering to *them* or the *thing* like my dream or those queers.

Adjective being in a myriad of ways I want to metaphorically blow my brains out. *in many different ways*

@Lios that's hyperbole to express an extreme reaction, like for example shock, or strong laughter

Doesn't answer the question, though. Is the word being used correctly?

Yes

It's both

It is

It's being used correctly and incorrectly

I used it correctly

In the *literal* sense it's being used incorrectly, in the *figurative* sense it's being used correctly

Myriad is the old topic, Joey, keep up

No it isnt I used it correctly good night I already explained it n you're ignoring it

Nighty night good wishes to you all

And yeah Joey did use "a myriad" correctly

So you permit literally being used figuratively? So now literally is entirely permitted to be used alongside figuratively?

It's both a noun and an adjective, so it's correct

I still highly disagree, using "a myriad" as a noun, to reference another noun, without which is becomes an entirely meaningless word, makes it the incorrect usage of the word

About the "literally dead" thing, that's a different matter

"A myriad of" is a perfectly logical thing to say imo

Just "A myriad of?"
Alright, apply an adjective to myriad, without a noun for myriad to reference.

Form a sentence.

What isn't logical is to say "I ain't going nowhere" to mean "I won't be going anywhere"

That is an actual example of an incorrect use of words

Oh yeah, colloquial contractions are technically incorrect words. Especially ain't, as it doesn't even use the correct letters for the contraction.

"a myriad of things"