Literally

This is one of my pet peeves. I was watching some police chase reality show on Channel 7 the other night, and the commentator made this remark about a drunk driver "the teenage driver of the vehicle is literally... legless".

Of course that caught my attention, because, seeing as I know how to speak English, I was expecting to see an amputee perhaps, with prosthetic legs? I don't know. Obviously, Channel 7 was, as usual, misusing the English language. The driver was just any other teenage chick with legs and I was left sorely disappointed.

Anyway, before anyone complains that the internet or sms messages are making our children illiterate, I recommend that they look at what they're letting their kids watch on TV.