1. How did “radical” move from meaning “rooted” to meaning “utterly unrooted in anything that is normal”?
2. How did “literally” go from meaning, you know, “literally” to meaning “figuratively” (as in “my head *literally* exploded).
1. How did “radical” move from meaning “rooted” to meaning “utterly unrooted in anything that is normal”?
2. How did “literally” go from meaning, you know, “literally” to meaning “figuratively” (as in “my head *literally* exploded).