Annoyingly misused words?
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That's if you actually use it correctly. Most people use it to mean they couldn't care less, but wind up saying the exact opposite because all they know is the way they've heard the saying used, instead of thinking about what the words actually mean. When it's done verbally, the inflection is different between the phrase being used properly and improperly.interspark said:
Love - people through it around all the time when they mean physical attraction or are in lust when it comes to members of the opposite sex; to love somebody you must truly know somebody not just want to pork them as they have nice tits.
It really starts to irk me when applied to physical items, "I love this new Black Ops game" - no you don't, you may like it a great deal but you do not love it, especially if you're on facebook five minutes later bitching about the online bugs.
The main reason for my loathing of the use of love is it cheapens the meaning, when it's tossed about so carelessly then when it's come to be used for it's real reason its meaning is that much less - "I love you" when told to your spouse would probably have more weight if you hadn't minutes earlier said "I'd love a Dominoes right about now".
It really starts to irk me when applied to physical items, "I love this new Black Ops game" - no you don't, you may like it a great deal but you do not love it, especially if you're on facebook five minutes later bitching about the online bugs.
The main reason for my loathing of the use of love is it cheapens the meaning, when it's tossed about so carelessly then when it's come to be used for it's real reason its meaning is that much less - "I love you" when told to your spouse would probably have more weight if you hadn't minutes earlier said "I'd love a Dominoes right about now".
The basics:
They're There Their
Your You're
Too To.
And, of course -
I Could Care Less
Most Favourite/Favouritist (I tried correcting the TEACHER saying that. Earned me a detention)
Irregardless
And all past/present/future mix ups (They may say "I writ that" not "I wrote that" and the suchlike)
They're There Their
Your You're
Too To.
And, of course -
I Could Care Less
Most Favourite/Favouritist (I tried correcting the TEACHER saying that. Earned me a detention)
Irregardless
And all past/present/future mix ups (They may say "I writ that" not "I wrote that" and the suchlike)
Sir, I find your exquisite differentiation of semantical discourse rather intriguing, would you be so kind as to contemplate metaphysical purposes to wig-wam off a woofing engine?Generic Gamer said:
Addicting. It's either Americans, or an Escapist specific thing, even the writers do it. The word is addictive you fool.
Brought instead of bought. Especially when people don't even realise there's a difference.
Case and point. Much like the first, the phrase is case in point.
Although of course the grammar Nazis like myself are in the wrong, language is defined by its usage.
Brought instead of bought. Especially when people don't even realise there's a difference.
Case and point. Much like the first, the phrase is case in point.
Although of course the grammar Nazis like myself are in the wrong, language is defined by its usage.
What really bugs me is when people you internet shorthand, such as LOL, when your actually talking to them in person.
oh yes, and whenever says the word "ax" instead of "ask." That's just butchering the language.
oh yes, and whenever says the word "ax" instead of "ask." That's just butchering the language.
I am less annoyed by the misuse of words than by the routine mispronunciation of words. My roommate, it would appear, is in the running to be the world champion of mangling language in this fashion.
For example, he used the word malinger in a sentence but he pronounced it as "mal-en-jer". This annoys me because where I can often intuit what a person might mean when they use a word incorrectly, when they simply say a new and exciting word in a case where the context is ambiguous, I'm forced to ask for clarification.
I mean, I know what people mean when they say irregardless just as I know what they mean when they use the word uninterested incorrectly. But when it sounds like they just invented a word out of the blue?
For example, he used the word malinger in a sentence but he pronounced it as "mal-en-jer". This annoys me because where I can often intuit what a person might mean when they use a word incorrectly, when they simply say a new and exciting word in a case where the context is ambiguous, I'm forced to ask for clarification.
I mean, I know what people mean when they say irregardless just as I know what they mean when they use the word uninterested incorrectly. But when it sounds like they just invented a word out of the blue?
You know what else I hate? 'Fit', as used to describe someone attractive. No, fit means to be pychisically/mentally able to do something.Sampler said:
E.g. "I say, that square peg seems fit for the purpose of going into a square hole".
Not "Omg, that bird was well fit innit!"
[sub]Fucking chavs...[/sub]
I literally died laughing!
aaaand, one of my personal pet-peeves isn't so much as misused as it is redundant: "oftentimes".
yeahh... 'cause the word "often" is ever used to describe things besides frequency over time?
and by the same token, people pronouncing the "t" in "often" to try to sound smart. hey, guess what? the "t" is silent!
aaaand, one of my personal pet-peeves isn't so much as misused as it is redundant: "oftentimes".
yeahh... 'cause the word "often" is ever used to describe things besides frequency over time?
and by the same token, people pronouncing the "t" in "often" to try to sound smart. hey, guess what? the "t" is silent!
I once heard someone say, and I quote the exact words, "What do we do once we gone done catched them ball?"Eekaida said:
I tell no lies.
Also got another: All those words that apparently mean "Good".
Ones like "Rape." (I know!) "Nectar" "Cracking" and loads more, even worse.
Writ is a word, it's a noun. This is one of the words I learned from video games, because it's hasn't seen much use since electricity.Eekaida said:
My mom is awful with this one. She uses it like a period. It really grates me because it implies I'm not following the conversation. You know? OF COURSE I KNOW. YOU JUST TOLD ME.Eekaida said: