Annoyingly misused words?

[slaveway3242]

People who in real life say pwnage.... What is worse is when they say it with a P, which, isn't even how it's pronounced so now you really sound like a noob....
Oh and people who say noob IRL...
Oh and people who say IRL IRL....

 

[Count Igor]

What's wrong with "cracking"? Do you hate "smashing" too? Although I do agree with the usage of "rape". For example, a certain football pundit got in trouble because, when describing a bad tackle or something (I don't watch football, a friend told me this story) he apparently said "he got absolutely raped". My friend was defending the pundit saying "everyone says that" and I said "I never say that someone got raped, unless I'm talking about someone who actually got raped". Besides, even if it is common among lads of our age (mid twenties), it should definitely never be used on national television.

Hey, it's just something that I don't like for some reason.
And I think that if it's acceptable to say it on the streets, then you should be able to say it anywhere.
Though that doesn't mean I condone the usages of such words.

Ok, what about Sound then?
It isn't that bad, but I dislike it.

 

[DragonChi]

what I hate is people who vastly over use "lol" when talking.

a girl that i know says it at the beginning or end of every statement she makes when she talks to me on msn. Regardless of what the topic is or what was previously said that she is replying to. Especially when I mention something that is completely NOT funny at all and she throws in a "lol" in her response. Seriously, WTF is your problem? I don't understand that behavior at all.

All I can think about when she does that is "How do you sleep at night". It's just really insensitive.

I even caught her on it recently saying "why do you think that's funny?" and I think she said something like "Oh, I know its not funny, i just throw that in there for filler"...I was speechless. Does anyone else know someone like this?

 

[b3nn3tt]

It amazes me that people don't understand the difference between affect and effect. One is a noun, th other is a verb, it's really not that difficult

Not so much a misused word, but something that really bugs me is when people use an apostrophe to pluralise something. This especially annoys me when people refer to decades. It was the 90s, not the 90's. You are neither removing letters nor implying ownership, therefore you do not need an apostrophe

 

[TankCopter]

I don't see much point in ranting what's a word and what isn't as long as I can understand what you're on about, but it would be nice if people could at least understand the meaning of a word that they're using. Or spell it remotely right so I know what word it is. That is, if they actually wanted someone to be able to understand it, which I don't think is always the case.

A bit off topic but not greatly so- basic grammar is always helpful for understanding. Whether or not someone knows how to use a semicolon is fine, but if you've been through the early years of school I'm going to make the wild assumption that you were introduced to the capital letter, full stop and the comma at some point.

I know this isn't really basic, but an ellipsis is THREE PERIODS. Not six, not eight and definitely not a whole line. There's a point where it gets ridiculous and we've reached it.

 

[Asuka Soryu]

"Win"

Honestly, how can you win a thread. It's not a competition, it's a disscussion.

 

[FallenJellyDoughnut]

"I could care less",
"That's so ironic"
"I like, literally blah blah blah"
"That is so epic!"
"I done that!"
"Youse guys!"

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

 

[Singularly Datarific]

Irregardless.
The word is useless, the shorter version means exactly the same thing, it's used by people who try and sound smarter.

I once was caught saying that by my brother, I figured out I needed to subtract the Ir-.

Unique.

Also, when "literally" is misused, I (figuratively) weep.

My English teacher went over that usage, citing an essay someone wrote "it was the MOST unique..."
Most unique.
Is there such a thing as most right-handed? Or most dead?
It is a binary, it either is or isn't.

 

[Ampersand]

Language is supposed to played with, the little flourishes people add to their own spocken word doesn't do any harm.
Do you think anyone gives two shits that I constantly miss use the word Groovy?

No, but your use of 'spoken' kind of stuck out.

I'm dyslexic, give me a break o_o'

Arm or leg? I'm like the mafia, it doesn't matter what you have, I have a quota to meet.

Here is my badge:

Spoiler: Not really but seriously.

Just joking, i couldn't care less about it.

..........oh it's a play on words -_-'
Very punny.

 

[Xhu]

It amazes me that people don't understand the difference between affect and effect. One is a noun, th other is a verb, it's really not that difficult

Little-known fact: 'effect' can be a verb as well as a noun. When used this way it is roughly synonymous to 'cause'. One can, in fact, effect an effect.

 

[Hikarikage]

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.

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:
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 stand corrected.

 

[enriel]

Random. Ugh.
Note to user - nothing you do will EVER be random, because you did it with a specific intent or outcome in mind, whether you convince yourself you didn't or not and it is therefore not random.

Also, for fuck's sake, sure, go ahead and misspell words on the internet or in text message. Though, if you use Firefox, it spellchecks while you type, so you really shouldn't even do the first. PLEASE, however, DON'T MISSPELL THINGS ON POSTED NOTICES.
Ugh, at my work every day I get the joy of being reminded to "Keep you're valuables in you're lockers."

Right. That makes no sense. And now I have no respect for my management. Awesome.

 

[The Stabilo Boss]

"I could care less" is pretty bad, but the WORST one is "would of" as in "I would of thought"

YOU MEAN "WOULD HAVE" YOU USELESS SACK OF CRAP, AND I WILL KILL YOU TO DEATH

Ahem. Excuse me. These people bother me.

 

[badgersprite]

Ambivalent. Ambivalent doesn't mean the same as indifferent. It means confused, or bemused (which, incidentally, is not a synonym for amused either). I do come across people who use this word correctly, but it seems like three quarters of the time, someone is using this incorrectly.

 

[crudus]

Irony, irregardless, then/than. Seriously, these words aren't hard to grasp. One of them isn't even a word!

 

[subject_87]

'Fail' used as an exclamation or noun, 'gay' used as an insult, endlessly apologizing, overusing 'epic', and misusing 'irony'.

 

[Xodyac]

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=epic

This expresses everything I feel about the ultimate failure of language in its current state.

 

[smashmaniac64]

"Do you know what irony is?"
"Sure. It's like goldy and bronzy only made of iron."

Also, although this doesn't quite fit with OT I'm gonna include it anyway.

Winningest.

Seriously, American commentators, please stop using this....well it's not actually a word that's why it doesn't quite belong in this thread. But every time this 'word' is used, I think it physically hurts. Please. Tom Brady is not the most winningest active QB, he is the active QB with the highest winning percentage. Or with the most wins. But please, please, please NOT winningest.

im american and ive never heard the word winningest.....then again i never watch sports or anything like that either -_-

 

[Cain_Zeros]

Well irony for one, people often confuse it with sarcasm,

Actually, sarcasm is a form of verbal irony. So using "irony" where most people would use "sarcasm" is actually correct.

Overused quotes (usually ones that weren't clever to begin with) is really all I can think of that hasn't been said before.