Pedantic though it almost certainly is, can I just point out how much it annoys me when people misuse the word 'literally'? 'I was literally bored to tears', or 'I was literally sickened'. What, you were so bored that you actually cried? Or you were actually made to vomit? No. You're just being a drama queen, and bunging the word 'literally' in there for emphasis. Gah! 
The worst example I've heard recently was this sentence, used on BBC News: '...at that point in time, I was dead, literally dead'. Well...no you weren't, mate, were you?? Because you're still bloody alive to tell the tale. You mean you were figuratively dead. If you were literally dead, you'd still be literally dead now.
Is it just me?
