Annoyingly misused words?
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Decimate
Made up definition: To completely destroy
Real definition: To reduce by one tenth.
Irregardless
Made up definition: regardless
Real definition: Nothing, It's not a word!
Socialism
Made up definition: Communism, or Totalitarianism
Real definition: Any economic system in which the Government has some level of control over business policies (ex: minimum wage, caps on pollution)
Fascism
Made up definition: Anything my political opponent wants to do.
Real Definition: A radical and authoritarian nationalist political ideology that advocates the creation of a single-party state. Fascists reject and resist the autonomy of cultural or ethnic groups who are not considered part of the fascists' nation and who refuse to assimilate or are unable to be assimilated. They consider attempts to create such autonomy as an affront and a threat to the nation. Fascist governments forbid and suppress opposition to the fascist state and the fascist movement. They identify violence and war as actions that create national regeneration, spirit and vitality.
Irony
Made up definition: Any kind of amusing coincidence.
Real definition: 1. The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention. 2. The opposite of what you would normally expect
Made up definition: To completely destroy
Real definition: To reduce by one tenth.
Irregardless
Made up definition: regardless
Real definition: Nothing, It's not a word!
Socialism
Made up definition: Communism, or Totalitarianism
Real definition: Any economic system in which the Government has some level of control over business policies (ex: minimum wage, caps on pollution)
Fascism
Made up definition: Anything my political opponent wants to do.
Real Definition: A radical and authoritarian nationalist political ideology that advocates the creation of a single-party state. Fascists reject and resist the autonomy of cultural or ethnic groups who are not considered part of the fascists' nation and who refuse to assimilate or are unable to be assimilated. They consider attempts to create such autonomy as an affront and a threat to the nation. Fascist governments forbid and suppress opposition to the fascist state and the fascist movement. They identify violence and war as actions that create national regeneration, spirit and vitality.
Irony
Made up definition: Any kind of amusing coincidence.
Real definition: 1. The use of words expressing something other than their literal intention. 2. The opposite of what you would normally expect
I know it's slang, but it still bugs me when people say yuri when they mean shoujo ai. For those of you who aren't familiar with these terms, shoujo ai is a term used to describe a lesbian love story usually involving Japanese media. However, it's becoming more and more common for people to use yuri instead. Yuri is porn. Stop telling me about your porn habits.
1. you can legally divorce family members if you feel you have no connection with them other than blood (she wouldnt really do that, i was exaggerating)slopeslider said:
2. i'd think they were weird because no-one uses that as an insult, but if people did (use it as an insult that is) then yes, i'd feel the same way and think that they were stupid
"(something) begs the question 'what do we do now?'"
Actually, it does the opposite. To "beg the question" is really a shortening of "beggar the question" which means to render a critical question meaningless with your initial assumptions. But because it's been shortened to "beg" which has a definition based around want rather than dismissal, it gets misused as to demand a question be asked.
"He punched him in the face, which begs the question 'why would he punch Bill Gates?'" = wrong
"He said 'I'm going to punch Bill Gates in the face,' which begs the question of whether it's a good idea to introduce them." = right
Actually, it does the opposite. To "beg the question" is really a shortening of "beggar the question" which means to render a critical question meaningless with your initial assumptions. But because it's been shortened to "beg" which has a definition based around want rather than dismissal, it gets misused as to demand a question be asked.
"He punched him in the face, which begs the question 'why would he punch Bill Gates?'" = wrong
"He said 'I'm going to punch Bill Gates in the face,' which begs the question of whether it's a good idea to introduce them." = right
The most hilarious one I've found, and one I severely hope is just limited to my school is the use of the verb "bang" to mean to beat someone up.
This leads to numerous self-proclaimed "hard" people who go around calling everyone they don't like "gay" saying that they're going to "bang" this other person, often the one that they called "gay" in the first place. Even more hilarious is when, instead of "gay", they call the person they don't like (and I am not making any of this up) "moist". Which means that we now have the situation in which the "hard" person is "banging" the "moist" person, which to the people who use these expressions does not seem at all odd in anyway.
This leads to numerous self-proclaimed "hard" people who go around calling everyone they don't like "gay" saying that they're going to "bang" this other person, often the one that they called "gay" in the first place. Even more hilarious is when, instead of "gay", they call the person they don't like (and I am not making any of this up) "moist". Which means that we now have the situation in which the "hard" person is "banging" the "moist" person, which to the people who use these expressions does not seem at all odd in anyway.
it insults gays because people use it as an insult to random people, as if it's something bad, which it isn't.TheDudeMan14 said:
and i don't care if it's slang, all words we use, including insults, should have meaning, otherwise, when we insult someone, we're just having infantile temper tantrums and not actually using our unique human interlect. and the word "gay" shouldn't be used as a bad thing
think of it this way, imagine for example your blood type was A+, now how would you feel if, in an arguement with someone, i described someone i dispised as "such an A+" maybe it's not the best example but hopefully you get the idea
Decimate. I actually call my teachers out on this. It doesn't mean the same as "destroy", "obliterate" or "annihilate", it means "to reduce by one tenth". If there are ten people in a group, and one is sick and unable to participate in the presentation, then that group has been decimated. If there is only one member in attendance, the group has been reduced to one tenth, not decimated. I know it sounds like a nifty synonym for "destroy" but it's not. In any way shape or form.
"Fail" by itself in a sentence. My brother has taken to doing this quite often. Every time he does, the odds that I will throw him in a wood chipper increases.
Any sort of "internet speak" in real life.
I was in Game checking out the pre-owned PSP section, next to a stand for the new (at the time) Transformers game.
Two young male individuals and a very bored looking female companion, walked round and looked at the stand.
They noticed, as did everyone else who walked past the stand, that the price tag for the 360 version was £15 and the PS3 version was at £40. It erupted into LOLZ and OMG EPIC FAIL PS3 GOT OWNED HURR HURR HAA's.
That was the last time I "facepalmed" in real life.
I was in Game checking out the pre-owned PSP section, next to a stand for the new (at the time) Transformers game.
Two young male individuals and a very bored looking female companion, walked round and looked at the stand.
They noticed, as did everyone else who walked past the stand, that the price tag for the 360 version was £15 and the PS3 version was at £40. It erupted into LOLZ and OMG EPIC FAIL PS3 GOT OWNED HURR HURR HAA's.
That was the last time I "facepalmed" in real life.