This literally kills me

I am annoyed that major dictionaries are now acknowledging the use of the word "literally" for emphasis.  It's one thing for a word to take on a new meaning.  It is irritating beyond belief when the new meaning totally reverses the useful distinction made by the old meaning.  Literally, as in it didn't actually happen.  And we already have so many words we can use for the new meaning ("totally," "virtually," etc.), but only one word for the old meaning.  So now what term can we use to replace "literally"?  I submit "for reals."