Word use that drives you up the wall!

[sjfcontrol]

Another one I can think of is "good" measurements, as in... "The store is a good mile from here." Is that as opposed to a "bad mile"?

[The Annoyed Man]

Overused word that irritates me: literally...my 18yo daughter literally uses it all the time...lol

The misused word or phrase that ranks at the top of my list is "I could care less" when they clearly mean that they "couldn't care less"..."I could care less" really means that you care some..."I couldn't care less" means that you don't care at all...lol

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[howdy]

The phrase "no problem" when I say thank you to a waiter. Chick-fil-a instructs workers to say "my pleasure". I like that.

I know there is too much apathy around here but I don't care...

[RottenApple]

"acrost" as in, "I'm trying to get my point acrost". My wife, the darn-yankee, uses it all the time. ARGH!

[sjfcontrol]

"acrost" as in, "I'm trying to get my point acrost". My wife, the darn-yankee, uses it all the time. ARGH!

Hmmm... My wife, the southerner, uses the word "ideal" instead of "idea", as in "I have a good ideal, lets go out for dinner tonight."

[puma guy]

"Orientated." The original correct word when I was in high school was "Oriented," and one might have an "Orientation." As in...."he was oriented to place and time," or "I had to attend a campus orientation lecture before starting classes." People, places and things had "orientation" relative to one another, a status they arrived at by becoming oriented to one another. Misuse of the word used to drive my dad crazy, and he had two Literature PhDs and taught at a prestigious university. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that he probably knew more about the proper use of the language than 99,999 out of any 100,000 people. As the educational system gradually dumbed us down, "orientated" became so commonly used that it finally officially entered the lexicon. I'll bet that you would not have found the word "orientated" in a mid 1960s dictionary.

MORE: http://english.stackexchange.com/questi ... orientated

I have become orientated to it's use!

[RottenApple]

"acrost" as in, "I'm trying to get my point acrost". My wife, the darn-yankee, uses it all the time. ARGH!

Hmmm... My wife, the southerner, uses the word "ideal" instead of "idea", as in "I have a good ideal, lets go out for dinner tonight."

I can top that. My wife, like many Bostonians, will remove the 'R' from words it belongs in and place it in words it doesn't. "Cah Warsh" is a perfect example.

[Redneck_Buddha]

The phrase "no problem" when I say thank you to a waiter. Chick-fil-a instructs workers to say "my pleasure". I like that.

I know there is too much apathy around here but I don't care...

Want to solve that problem? Don't say thanks to a server for doing a job they are paid/tipped to do.

[sjfcontrol]

"acrost" as in, "I'm trying to get my point acrost". My wife, the darn-yankee, uses it all the time. ARGH!

Hmmm... My wife, the southerner, uses the word "ideal" instead of "idea", as in "I have a good ideal, lets go out for dinner tonight."

I can top that. My wife, like many Bostonians, will remove the 'R' from words it belongs in and place it in words it doesn't. "Cah Warsh" is a perfect example.

When I was growing up (in the midwest) the word was pronounced "worsh", as in "worshing machine". But I outgrew it.

[RottenApple]

"acrost" as in, "I'm trying to get my point acrost". My wife, the darn-yankee, uses it all the time. ARGH!

Hmmm... My wife, the southerner, uses the word "ideal" instead of "idea", as in "I have a good ideal, lets go out for dinner tonight."

I can top that. My wife, like many Bostonians, will remove the 'R' from words it belongs in and place it in words it doesn't. "Cah Warsh" is a perfect example.

When I was growing up (in the midwest) the word was pronounced "worsh", as in "worshing machine". But I outgrew it.

Ugh! Everyone should be forced to use one language.... Texan!

[RogueUSMC]

http://youtu.be/-twUCEfzrDk

[Redneck_Buddha]

Here's a list of pet-peeve pleonasms, from the Department of Redundancy Department. Not only are they redundancies that are strung together, but they also contain a bunch of words that are unnecessary:

-"Past history"
-"Pre-planning"
-"ATM machine"
-"End result"
-"Totally necessary"
-"Basic fundamentals"
-"Circulating around"
-"Close proximity"
-"Pair of twins"
-"Dual tandem"
-"Unsolved mystery"
-"True facts"
-"Rio Grande River"
-"Somewhat unique"

Some of these may be open for debate.

While we are at it, let's give a thought to these phrases and words:

"Chalant" (in case you really do care)
"I've told you a million times, stop exaggerating!"
"Half the lies we are told are untrue."
"It's deja vu all over again" - Yogi Berra
"When you hit a fork in the road, take it" - also Y.B.
"If we do not succeed, the risk of failure greatly increases."

[anygunanywhere]

One of my pet peeves is when people make the "H" silent in a word when it isn't.

For some reason you hear this a lot in Humble, TX since they pronounce the word "umble". Just to annoy them I say Humble with the hard H.

Mrs Anygun has the habit of saying "umble" when she speaks of someone's virtue of humility.

Drives me up the wall but I let her off because she scares me.

Anygunanywhere

[Jaguar]

I hate when the word unique has a modifier. very unique, somewhat unique, pretty unique, etc. the word is like dead, either you are or you aren't

Someone hasn't seen The Princiss Bride. "You've been mostly-dead all day."

[puma guy]

Here's a list of pet-peeve pleonasms, from the Department of Redundancy Department. Not only are they redundancies that are strung together, but they also contain a bunch of words that are unnecessary:

-"Past history"
-"Pre-planning"
-"ATM machine"
-"End result"
-"Totally necessary"
-"Basic fundamentals"
-"Circulating around"
-"Close proximity"
-"Pair of twins"
-"Dual tandem"
-"Unsolved mystery"
-"True facts"
-"Rio Grande River"
-"Somewhat unique"

Some of these may be open for debate.

While we are at it, let's give a thought to these phrases and words:

"Chalant" (in case you really do care)
"I've told you a million times, stop exaggerating!"
"Half the lies we are told are untrue."
"It's deja vu all over again" - Yogi Berra
"When you hit a fork in the road, take it" - also Y.B.
"If we do not succeed, the risk of failure greatly increases."

I have always said. "Do not be redundant, repeat yourself, other wise state it, or say it more than once anyway."