When people say spickot instead of spigot. There's a type of truss that's used in the entertainment industry that uses pins instead of bolts to connect to another piece called spigotted truss. However, most people refer to it as spickoted truss.
Word lessons or what misuse of a word drives you crazy?
- Thread starter Ace Boobtoucher
- Start date
GodsEmbryo
Closed Account
The abuse of the word 'innovative' drives me crazy. For some reason almost every company in the world abuses this word to describe what they do, while in fact many of them are not innovative at all.
xfire
New Twitter/X @cxffreeman
Check out the big brain on brod.
larss
I'm watching some specialist videos
This, along with "They're".
and even when you unravel all of that, the sentence itself is a lot of hogwash.
It really annoys me on those "talent" shows, such as X-Factor, when the judges say "1 Million percent, Yes".
Little Red Wagon Repairman
MFOMBSoPGA
The word "irony" or something being "ironic"
People who talk about "Karma" like they have mystical insight or something
"Know what ahm sayin?" is something said by insecure people who worry no one is listening to them.
People who talk about "Karma" like they have mystical insight or something
"Know what ahm sayin?" is something said by insecure people who worry no one is listening to them.
My best friend is so used to me correcting his misuse of the word "ironic" that if he uses it nowadays - by accident, usually - that he actually stops himself and asks me "is that ironic?" He even gets it right on occasion.
Ace Boobtoucher
Founder and Captain of the Douchepatrol
Irony has numerous meanings, though. Are you sure his uses were always wrong?
Hey, wouldn't it be ironic if you were wrong every time you corrected him?!
Yes. He consistently uses "ironic" in regards to coincidence, which is not one of it's meanings.
Extremely. You get it. He doesn't.
Jagger69
Three lullabies in an ancient tongue
Wow some really good ones that are definitely pet peeves of mine are listed here for sure. Great job, everyone!
I'll add one to the mix that I heard someone use just yesterday. Pronouncing the word "asterisk" as "asterick". Drives me nuts and I hear it all the time! What's up with people??
I'll add one to the mix that I heard someone use just yesterday. Pronouncing the word "asterisk" as "asterick". Drives me nuts and I hear it all the time! What's up with people??
Oh! I just thought of one that just drives me fucking apeshit: effect and affect are NOT interchangeable, for fuck's fucking sake!!! :cussing:
Let's see...
-"Intensive purposes" vs. "intents and purposes"
-Improper subjunctive use: Was vs. Were
-Interchanging of accept/except
-Interchanging of lose/loose
-Interchanging of nauseous/nauseated
-"10 items or less" (And the fact that the interchanging between less/fewer is so prevalent that people simply accept "less" as proper.)
Though, the biggest issue I take with misused words/grammar has got to be incomplete adverbs or not placing "-ly" at the end of an adverb when necessary.
There are several more, I'm sure.
-"Intensive purposes" vs. "intents and purposes"
-Improper subjunctive use: Was vs. Were
-Interchanging of accept/except
-Interchanging of lose/loose
-Interchanging of nauseous/nauseated
-"10 items or less" (And the fact that the interchanging between less/fewer is so prevalent that people simply accept "less" as proper.)
Though, the biggest issue I take with misused words/grammar has got to be incomplete adverbs or not placing "-ly" at the end of an adverb when necessary.
There are several more, I'm sure.
Ace Boobtoucher
Founder and Captain of the Douchepatrol
"Let me be clear," I fucking hate that phrase coming from individuals whose sole mission is to obfuscate every possible topic.
"Speaking knowledge to power." What the fuck does that even mean? A few years ago this phrase was uttered so much by so many people who really had no business even using the word knowledge or access to any amount of power.
"Gravitas" I really wanted to injure the next living thing I saw every time this word was used by every talking head during the '08 election cycle. Apparently none of the situations or people they referred to possessed the right amount of gravitas because we're still circling the bowl and awaiting the flush with the same problems. Same goes for any of the previous words and phrases, really.
Actually it was "Truth to Power" but you get the gist.
"Speaking knowledge to power." What the fuck does that even mean? A few years ago this phrase was uttered so much by so many people who really had no business even using the word knowledge or access to any amount of power.
"Gravitas" I really wanted to injure the next living thing I saw every time this word was used by every talking head during the '08 election cycle. Apparently none of the situations or people they referred to possessed the right amount of gravitas because we're still circling the bowl and awaiting the flush with the same problems. Same goes for any of the previous words and phrases, really.
Actually it was "Truth to Power" but you get the gist.
Last edited:
This one used to bother me, but someone challenged me on it a while back so I looked it up. Turns out, saying "That smell makes me nauseous" (instead of "That smell is nauseating") is pretty much accepted now from a stylistic perspective. It seems to be largely a matter of preference at this point, at least according to what I read. It still bothers me a little, but I'm trying to let some things go because this is how language evolves.
And I'm not sure of the subjunctive case you mentioned. I think was and were are used primarily for the Imperfect tense, and the Subjunctive tense (or mood, as it is sometimes called) is used to express a sense of obligation or propriety, e.g., "You should reconsider" or "May I enter?" or "Let there be light."
Tell me if I'm off-base here, but your point about was and were being used incorrectly is definitely on the list, e.g., "If I was 10 years younger..."
Similar threads
- Locked
