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.