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Words/phrases you've caught yourself using incorrectly for long periods of time?
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:40 am
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:40 am
I could've sworn it was "inadament object", but apparently it's inanimate object, and I'm a huge dumbass. I guess I was saying it correct all this time, but my spelling was wayyy off. Inadament doesn't even appear to be a word, lol.
Knew a lady who thought she was the smartest MFer walking planet earth. She was a "business woman", and "successful", and blah blah blah....very full of herself. She would constantly use the phrase "realliterate" when trying to say "reiterate". She would get on her high horse and tell someone, "let me realliterate for you" in a demeaning voice. I would just smile when I heard this, in hopes she was using this term around other people constantly as well.
Any other examples of words/phrases you or someone else has used incorrectly?
Knew a lady who thought she was the smartest MFer walking planet earth. She was a "business woman", and "successful", and blah blah blah....very full of herself. She would constantly use the phrase "realliterate" when trying to say "reiterate". She would get on her high horse and tell someone, "let me realliterate for you" in a demeaning voice. I would just smile when I heard this, in hopes she was using this term around other people constantly as well.
Any other examples of words/phrases you or someone else has used incorrectly?
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Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:42 am to UFownstSECsince1950
myself...every time...
etc. = et cetera.
"et cetera"
not
"ex cetera"
etc. = et cetera.
"et cetera"
not
"ex cetera"
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:43 am to UFownstSECsince1950
"Enervating"
I always thought it meant "energizing". It actually means to drain of energy.
I always thought it meant "energizing". It actually means to drain of energy.
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:45 am to UFownstSECsince1950
I don't use this word myself, but I cringe when I hear the word "irregardless"
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:47 am to UFownstSECsince1950
When I was a wee laddie in the single digits I saw the word "epitome" in Highlights magazine or Weekly Reader or someplace. Even though I'd heard the word on TV, I didn't mentally spell it that way. So I had this new word "eppy-tome" for awhile afterward.
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:47 am to UFownstSECsince1950
ad infinitum
I spoke/wrote it "ad infinitim" for some dumbass reason.
I spoke/wrote it "ad infinitim" for some dumbass reason.
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:49 am to UFownstSECsince1950
Hi pernt, smar foam, fambly, monfh,scrimps, skreet, crushes,nam sayn,fo ta be,
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:49 am to UFownstSECsince1950
A guy at work says he doesn't want to be reliable for someone getting hurt.
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:50 am to soccerfüt
How often could you possibly be using that?
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:50 am to MrLarson
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:51 am to soccerfüt
quote:
I don't use this word myself, but I cringe when I hear the word "irregardless
the second i hear someone say this, i stop listening.
had a boss that would always say pacific instead of specific
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:51 am to UFownstSECsince1950
I thought splooge meant "shite" until one of my sons corrected me.
"I'm going to take a splooge" has a whole different meaning with the correct definition.
ETA: The OT has kept me from misusing slang terms.
"I'm going to take a splooge" has a whole different meaning with the correct definition.
ETA: The OT has kept me from misusing slang terms.
This post was edited on 1/15/17 at 11:52 am
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:52 am to UFownstSECsince1950
When people order an "expresso". 
This post was edited on 1/15/17 at 11:54 am
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:52 am to UFownstSECsince1950
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:52 am to UFownstSECsince1950
I had a boss that would say "incantation" instead of "incarnation". As in: The current incantation of this software...
I always pictured a bunch of developers sitting around a cauldron of boiling liquid and chanting.
Also when I was at LSU, my girlfriend's roommate substituted the word "twat" for "twit". It was funny for a while but we finally had to tell her that what she was calling people wasn't what she thought she was calling them.
I always pictured a bunch of developers sitting around a cauldron of boiling liquid and chanting.
Also when I was at LSU, my girlfriend's roommate substituted the word "twat" for "twit". It was funny for a while but we finally had to tell her that what she was calling people wasn't what she thought she was calling them.
This post was edited on 1/15/17 at 11:56 am
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:54 am to UFownstSECsince1950
Peruse - means to look at something carefully with great attention to detail.
Spendthrift - an extravagant spender.
Begging the question - doesn't mean that someone's response begs for a follow-up question.
Spendthrift - an extravagant spender.
Begging the question - doesn't mean that someone's response begs for a follow-up question.
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:54 am to chinhoyang
quote:
thought splooge meant "shite" until one of my sons corrected me.
My god if your wife would have told you to splooge on her tits
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:55 am to CommunityCollegeFTW
quote:ad infinitum
How often could you possibly be using that?
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:55 am to UFownstSECsince1950
Sparse. I'd always pronounced it "air" instead of "are" until my 5th grader corrected me!
Posted on 1/15/17 at 11:55 am to MrLarson
quote:
My god if your wife would have told you to splooge on her tits
I would have known something was wrong (I hope).
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