If there were “Survivor” for words, I’d vote off “literally.”
It’s inserted into sentences for no real reason.
Consider:
I am literally the hungriest person in the world right now.
I am literally going to break this printer in a minute.
The coffee machine is literally the slowest thing on the planet.
Sound familiar? Maybe you even use it that way. You are not alone. Similar to “um” and “uh”, “literally” has become a filler word–tossed into sentences needlessly.
Others include:
Just …
Like…
Actually…
So…
Honestly… (as if you’ve been lying up until now)