Number 7: "I could care less" is a pet peeve of mine, they're not listening to what they're actually saying.
However #16 is fine...I say that occasionally.
I confess to using "irregardless".
Quest (01-04-2016)
Meeeeeeee too!!!!!!!!
Originally Posted by krystian
Number 7: "I could care less" is a pet peeve of mine, they're not listening to what they're actually saying.
However #16 is fine...I say that occasionally.
They missed "All of THE sudden." I hate that one, too. Some of these, I've never heard before and #16 I use as slang. Nauseous, I had to look up and this is what Dictionary.com says:
.......so it can be used both ways.adjective
1. affected with nausea; nauseated :
to feel nauseous.
2. causing nausea; sickening; nauseating.
3. disgusting; loathsome:
a nauseous display of greed.
Usage note
The two literal senses of nauseous, “causing nausea” ( a nauseous smell) and “affected with nausea” ( to feel nauseous), appear in English at almost the same time in the early 17th century, and both senses are in standard use at the present time. Nauseous is more common
17 Misused And Made-Up Words That Make You Rage
Language is flustrating sometimes.
posted on Oct. 7, 2013, at 10:13 a.m.
Adam Ellis
1. IRREGUARDLESS
~Mayhaps you meant regardless? Irregardless isn’t a word, as fun as it is to say.
2. SUPPOSABLY
~It rolls off the tongue so nicely, but it’s also not a word. Supposedly is, though!
3. FLUSTRATED
Are you flustered or are you frustrated? You definitely aren’t flustrated because that’s not a real thing.
4. CONVERSATE
~This is a back-formation from conversation. It’s sort of a thing, but mostly it just leads to arguments. Why argue when you can converse peacefully?
5. That's so RANDOM!
~Random doesn’t mean weird or goofy. It means “without definite aim, direction, rule, or method.” Your outfit is not ~*So RaNDoM LoL*~.
6. SHERBERT
~It’s sherbet. And it’s gross.
7. I COULD CARE LESS!
~…So that means you do care a little bit? Perhaps you mean you couldn’t care less?
8. FOR ALL INTENSIVE PURPOSES
~Intents. And. Purposes.
9. ANNOUNCIATE
~Please enunciate when you make up words. Or even annunciate. Certainly don’t announciate.
10. FOILAGE
~It’s foliage. FO-LEE-IDGE.
11. EXPRESSO
~There’s no X in espresso, son.
12. I'M NAUSEOUS
~Nauseous means to cause nausea. If you’re sick, you’re nauseated.
13. PRECEDENT pronounced as PRESIDENT
~C’mon, no Z sound!
14. MISUNDERESTIMATE
~Misestimate or underestimate. You can’t have both. Don’t be greedy. Misunderestimate is a charming Bushism that should be left in the past.
15. VISE-A VERSA
~It’s a proven fact that everyone has an aunt who says this on a daily basis. The correct phrase is simply vice versa.
16. WHOLE NOTHER
~Nother is nonstandard. Just say another or whole other.
17. MEME pronounced as ME-ME
~It’s meme, like scream. As in, say “me-me” out loud and watch your coworkers scream.
If you didn't go to the article, you missed some funny mini-vids.
ok....this one isn't accurate. "Random doesn’t mean weird or goofy. It means “without definite aim, direction, rule, or method.” Your outfit is not ~*So RaNDoM LoL*~." I say this to my son frequently. We'll be having a conversation (you know...conversating
I've said Sherbert my entire life....I don't think I CAN change the way I say that one...it's a Southern thing. Just like I say ol, instead of oil.
So let me AXE you something - Isn't it more important to be KURRECT?ok....this one isn't accurate. "Random doesn’t mean weird or goofy. It means “without definite aim, direction, rule, or method.” Your outfit is not ~*So RaNDoM LoL*~." I say this to my son frequently. We'll be having a conversation (you know...conversating
I've said Sherbert my entire life....I don't think I CAN change the way I say that one...it's a Southern thing. Just like I say ol, instead of oil.
"MAND of God"
I reckon. Depends on who you're conversatin' with.
Your life is guided by words and bad things come to people by the words that they speak.
Is this some sort of word of faith thing, er what???
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