Annoyingly misused words?
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"Legit" as in "Hey dude, did you see that new movie?" "Yeah, it was legit (good)" I just want to hit people who say that, are you trying to tell me that you like the movie or that it is an actual valid peice of cinema?
Verbatim.
I had never even heard the word used until I joined the Navy. Now, it seems I can't go more than a week or two before someone is using Verbatim wrong. The same way people use literally wrong.
The problem is people hear it said and use it without ever questioning it.
E.G. "Me and Tom were fucking..."
Had I let him the whole sentence would have been something like '...were fucking going to the store' but catch it quick enough and you can spend a moment harassing them about it.
Which brings to mind the use of '...' in writing. I'm slightly hesitant to bring it up because it doesn't really fit the topic and there's always a bit of doubt that I'm the one wrong about its use.
I had never even heard the word used until I joined the Navy. Now, it seems I can't go more than a week or two before someone is using Verbatim wrong. The same way people use literally wrong.
That's not even close to what most people mean when they're saying it. Usually they're trying to express that they DO NOT care for something. I don't think I've ever heard anyone using the expression with the intent of expressing that they care but not in a specific way. That doesn't even really make sense.interspark said:
The problem is people hear it said and use it without ever questioning it.
Personally i enjoy this at times because dropping the f-bombs in every other sentence often provides some entertaining moments to interrupt the speaker.Golem239 said:
E.G. "Me and Tom were fucking..."
Had I let him the whole sentence would have been something like '...were fucking going to the store' but catch it quick enough and you can spend a moment harassing them about it.
Which brings to mind the use of '...' in writing. I'm slightly hesitant to bring it up because it doesn't really fit the topic and there's always a bit of doubt that I'm the one wrong about its use.
No, noob is an insult, newb is the word that's short for newbie. If you'll excuse the use of the N-word, it's kind of like the difference between Negro and ******; they both come from the same word, and denotatively mean the same thing, but one of them is connotatively offensive, because it was corrupted on purpose as an insult. (I know that Negro is also considered offensive today, but if you go back 40 or 50 years, Negro was the politically correct term of the day, while ****** still meant ******.)megaman24681012 said:
Edit:
And to further define noob vs. newb, a newb is someone who is new at a game, period. A noob is someone who is terrible at the game, but thinks he is good, and refuses to improve. It's fairly close in meaning to scrub, except calling someone a noob labels them as an idiot, while calling someone a scrub labels you as someone with a little bit too developed of a competitive streak, even if it gives the other person a similar label to noob in the process.
The above picture explains it better than I can.
Sorry to pick on you, but you just used my biggest pet peeve. The underlined 'your' should be 'you're', which is the contraction of 'you are'. Your is a possessive pronoun. If you're ever unsure of which to use just replace the word with 'you are' and then with another possessive pronoun:Hikarikage said:
You are actually talking to them in person.
My are actually talking to them in person.
And then for the other side of it with 'This is you're dish.':
This is you are dish.
This is my dish.
All of the homonym misuses irritate me but your/you're is the most common and the one that irritates me the most.
I can't stand it when people misuse the word "literally", and I always call people out on it. NO. YOU DIDN'T LITERALLY DIE LAUGHING. GOD.
I's don't know about gettings upset about words and all. I ain't that good at grammer'ers myself's here, so I don't get all uptighten about its, as long as I can understands yous.
OT: As long as I can understand what you mean, then everything is all good for me.
OT: As long as I can understand what you mean, then everything is all good for me.
Most hated: How expletives are now commonly used as any word in the dictionary. I'm not so sensitive as to be easily offended by "cussing" but it's just idiotic and degenerating to weaken your own vocabulary, often in an attempt to sound cooler/more intimidating/etc.
While there are many cases of misused phrases that aren't coming to mind, this one bugged me once. A guy thought he was being cool to constantly say a quote (incorrectly) as if he was trying to make a catch phrase "ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for me!" ...Uh, isn't the original quote "thee" and the purpose of the bell's tolls in the reference to signify who's dying/dead? So yea, while feeling victorious, he'd announce that he's dying.
While there are many cases of misused phrases that aren't coming to mind, this one bugged me once. A guy thought he was being cool to constantly say a quote (incorrectly) as if he was trying to make a catch phrase "ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for me!" ...Uh, isn't the original quote "thee" and the purpose of the bell's tolls in the reference to signify who's dying/dead? So yea, while feeling victorious, he'd announce that he's dying.
I have no idea where to start. T_T I was an English whiz & I can spell so many words.
I love the word "epitome" (not "epiphany," though it's awesome too ^_^) & I've been using it a lot lately. But I was in a media class in my sophomore year & we had those old-time punishments: writing definitions if we said "gay" or "retard." I never said those words after I took all three levels of that class unless I said it in the correct form.
one phrase: "Vox Populi" lol. name of a song I love
I love the word "epitome" (not "epiphany," though it's awesome too ^_^) & I've been using it a lot lately. But I was in a media class in my sophomore year & we had those old-time punishments: writing definitions if we said "gay" or "retard." I never said those words after I took all three levels of that class unless I said it in the correct form.
one phrase: "Vox Populi"
lol. name of a song I love
I'm okay with language modification too. So I guess I can file literally under annoyingly overused words instead. My girlfriend's brother says literally, like literally, every third or forth word in a sentence. It literally annoys the crap out of me. Literally.ThrobbingEgo said:
I can think of too words that come two mind which are misused to much. And they are right and right.
Oh yeah and two, to, and too.
Oh yeah and two, to, and too.
Pretty much any internet meme. Cake is a lie was piss annoying especially. Also anything that is overused in forums, like "check your facts before you post stuff and ...INSERT RANDOM ANGRY WORDS".
Also, the word "Derp". Just sounds so...nerdly and cringe worthy.
Also, the word "Derp". Just sounds so...nerdly and cringe worthy.
Decimated.
Originally it means one in ten is destroyed/killed/remove, whatever. These days people talk about something like an army getting completely annihilated as getting 'decimated'. No it wasn't decimated! If it was decimated it would have suffered 10% losses, more than superficial but not exactly serious!
Originally it means one in ten is destroyed/killed/remove, whatever. These days people talk about something like an army getting completely annihilated as getting 'decimated'. No it wasn't decimated! If it was decimated it would have suffered 10% losses, more than superficial but not exactly serious!
Well irony for one, people often confuse it with sarcasm,
Semantics
Awesome (is it really fear inspiring?)
Bandwidth
There, Their, and They're - Really, it is not that difficult.
Weight- He ways 68kg - NO, he weighs 667.08N, his mass is 68kg
Heat v.s. temperature
Love - people use it too often
Legitimate - used too often
To, Two, Too - I want to tear people's arms off when they misuse these two terms...oh, wait, there is too too. (or if properly phrased "as well")
Ignorant
-aphobic - Mistaking fear for dislike
As well as many many more.
Semantics
Awesome (is it really fear inspiring?)
Bandwidth
There, Their, and They're - Really, it is not that difficult.
Weight- He ways 68kg - NO, he weighs 667.08N, his mass is 68kg
Heat v.s. temperature
Love - people use it too often
Legitimate - used too often
To, Two, Too - I want to tear people's arms off when they misuse these two terms...oh, wait, there is too too. (or if properly phrased "as well")
Ignorant
-aphobic - Mistaking fear for dislike
As well as many many more.
