Misused words

[Loonyyy]

I think it's because people are using it as a short hand for "Feeling entitled" and "Entitlement issues". Of course, it crops up a little more often than that though.

Damn, Inquisitor Slade beat me to it.

I too am tired of the word entitled.

The only positive of it is that you can write off anyone who uses it seriously as a retard.

Sexist/Sexism is another one I am tired of, escapist white knights need to find something new to go on about.

Oh, and that's another one. "White Knight". Insulting people and making insinuations about their motivations doesn't make you clever, or cool by virtue of cynicism. And unlike feelings of entitlement, where you can actually identify those statements, very rarely have I seen the term "White Knight" directed at someone who actually said their position was based on some misplaced chivalry.

 

[wintercoat]

You know the one that gets on my nerves? "A lot". I don't know why, but it just makes me cringe when people write "alot". THERE IS NO SUCH WORD AS ALOT. Seriously, it's four letters, how do you misspell that? I've also seen people use "allot" when they mean "a lot", which is not quite as bad (at least it is an actual word, even if it's not the one they want).

Whenever anyone puts the word alot into one of their posts (and this covers what seems like about 85% of internet posters), it's a red flag to me that I can safely ignore the rest of whatever they are saying. If you're not intelligent enough to correctly spell a one and three letter word, there is very little chance anything you are saying is worth my reading time. Generally, whenever I see alot in a post, I immediately stop reading and move down to the next poster.

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

OT: Cisgender. It means "a person whose physical and mental sex are the same". It's meant to be the opposite of transgender, "trans-" meaning 'on the opposite side', referring to the opposing physical and mental sex of a transgender, "cis-" meaning 'on the same side', referring to the matching mental and physical sex of a cisgender.

Many people use it to refer to heterosexual, non-trans people. A homosexual who is both mentally and physically a man/woman would be considered cisgender.

 

[Vault101]

"I could care less"

COULND'T! YOU COULDN'T CARE LESS!!!!! THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR SAYING!

 

[Eddy-16]

Dose and Does is one that annoys me. I see it mixed up far too often.

 

[Magikarp]

"over-expectant and spoiled"

Exactly, the idea is that they THINK they are entitled. It's just easier to call them 'entitled' than to call them 'people who think they're entitled'.

 

[Longstreet]

Discrimination and racism.
And no, not misused but OVER used.For every little thing someone doesn't like they pull those words out there ass as a counter.

 

[Thaluikhain]

OT: Cisgender. It means "a person whose physical and mental sex are the same". It's meant to be the opposite of transgender, "trans-" meaning 'on the opposite side', referring to the opposing physical and mental sex of a transgender, "cis-" meaning 'on the same side', referring to the matching mental and physical sex of a cisgender.

Many people use it to refer to heterosexual, non-trans people. A homosexual who is both mentally and physically a man/woman would be considered cisgender.

Really? I've never seen it used that way.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

for such a simple word it's meaning is just so hard to pin down

It's really very simple when you think of it in general terms: you say or do one thing but mean or cause the opposite. Yes, it melds with sarcasm a bit and there's stuff like dramatic irony that throws it off, but that general definition will get everyone through irony for the most part. The hard part is telling 14 year olds that.

OT: Edgy. I've done a lot of browsing /v/ lately and it's become apparent that a lot of people have no idea where is does and doesn't apply.

 

[BlackBark]

I suppose there are the very obvious ones, like the mix up between there, their and they're.

Another one is to say, for example, that "-7 is MORE negative than -2". So many people do this, but the fact is that one negative number cannot be more or less negative than another.

 

[SckizoBoy]

'Organic'...

As a chemist, it infuriates me how this word has been appropriated by the lay-lexicon... and it's the fault of biologists! =P

...

Which is rich, coming from a guy who has a degree in ecology... ¬_¬

 

[Vault101]

emo

now granted this word and the Idea/subgroup it spawned has since fallen out of fashion, however there was such a backlash against the whole thing that people seemed to react with hate if there was any "angst" in a work/charachter what so ever...even if it did make sense and wasnt contrived

OR they use the term when it makes no fucking sense...a professional comedy writer once refered to Ezio from AC as looking "emo" or calling current Dante "emo" I mean seriously?

 

[Pink Gregory]

How about the made up word "irregardless"?? I hear that way too often now days. Another would be people thinking metaphors and similes are the same thing.

It's an honest mistake, either they're looking for 'irrespective' or 'regardless'.

 

[Yopaz]

"Of"


*cringe* Make it stop. I can understand making a mistake like this if you're a child and you've heard it but never read it, but come on. A grown-ass adult should have done enough reading in their life to understand this distinction.

I agree, I had to remove the examples because they induce nausea.

Then and than being mixed up really gets on my nerves.

Then = A word describing a sequence of events or a potential sequence of events.

Examples: I went to the shops and then I went home. + I am going to go home and then I shall have dinner.

Than = A word to compare things.

God yes! English is my second language, but I am able to tell the difference and the proper use.

Also personally I don't like that the word overrated seems to be a synonym to bad. It is not. I love Saints Row 2 and I consider it to be one of my favourite games of all time, but when I step back and take it in it's not really that special. It is overrated by a lot of us including me.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

Sarcastic and facetious seem to commonly misused. At least to me.

I was always taught that a sarcastic remark implies contempt and is often used as a taunt; while being facetious implies harmless wittiness or good-humoured teasing, to not be taken at-all seriously.

 

[KelDG]

Would it be ironic if you wrote an example and got it wrong?

Luckily I made no such mistake!

Indeed. That'd be quite ironic.

Let's just play it and get this over with early, I've got a birthday party I need to go to soon.

Always gave me a chuckle this song, one of my mates said it should be called "Isn't it unfortunate". He did not realise the irony of a song about irony whose examples of irony were not ironic.

@Keoul - Sorry mate that last sentence might have just tipped you over the edge. don't hurt me

 

[Makhiel]

Does LOL count? And I don't mean using it as a word in everyday conversation, that's fine by me. I mean using it to denote slight amusement, instead of (lots of) loud laughter.

 

[FoolKiller]

How about the made up word "irregardless"?? I hear that way too often now days. Another would be people thinking metaphors and similes are the same thing.

That should tie with "could care less" for something you care little about.

 

[Red Mammoth]

IRONY
IRONY
IRONY
IRONY
And I'm done, that's literally the only word I can think of where people get all uppity about the meaning and such, for such a simple word it's meaning is just so hard to pin down...

Oh yeah and I thought people got over the whole "Gamer entitlement" thing by now?

Someone explained the meaning of irony to me once in a way I might HAVE understood back THEN;

Being struck by lightning while wearing metal armour. The armour acts as a lightning rod, causing you to be struck, when the armour was supposed to protect you.

In any case, I still have no clue what is ironic and what is not, so I'm just going to back to being sarcastic.

 

[Something Amyss]

Oh, and that's another one. "White Knight". Insulting people and making insinuations about their motivations doesn't make you clever, or cool by virtue of cynicism. And unlike feelings of entitlement, where you can actually identify those statements, very rarely have I seen the term "White Knight" directed at someone who actually said their position was based on some misplaced chivalry.

But people talking about sexism make me feel bad, so attacking them and their motives is okay.