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RogueUSMC wrote: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

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

The Annoyed Man wrote:"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

sjfcontrol wrote:

RottenApple wrote:"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."

howdy wrote: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 wrote:

sjfcontrol wrote:

RottenApple wrote:"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.

sjfcontrol wrote:

RottenApple wrote:

sjfcontrol wrote:

RottenApple wrote:"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.

puma guy wrote: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

Redneck_Buddha wrote: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."