4 points
I’m aware, but it was done so sparingly, as opposed to being used to mean its opposite far more than its original meaning nowadays.
2 points
That is how language works. It starts off small, then it catches on over time, and after a long time has passed, it either gets filtered out, or it becomes commonly used. The case for literally being used, for reasons other than its original one, started a couple hundred years ago. Today it is super commonly used that way, as it didn’t get abandoned. You are mad at the nature of the beast.
