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Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:15 pm
by Hola Gato
"Assault Rifle" when talking about a aemi-auto. Either it's an intentional lie or the speaker is dimmer than a dead firefly.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:30 pm
by Hola Gato
"Plebs" as an insult.
Although it's especially entertaining when the dimwit drops the "s" because they don't know plebs is singular.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 10:36 am
by owwo
Guesstimate
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:33 am
by The Annoyed Man
Orientate.........which is as ignorant as "conversate".
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:04 pm
by Abraham
The principal of a high school was on television recently and used the non-word "conversate".
I couldn't believe it until I considered he was a public school principal... I kept waiting for his to say "ain't" without irony.
"On accident" is one that drives me over the top.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 2:08 pm
by Abraham
"I'm not a morning person"
Oh yeah, well you better pretend you are or you're out of here!
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 3:29 pm
by Captain Matt
Abraham wrote:"I'm not a morning person"
Oh yeah, well you better pretend you are or you're out of here!
Last time I was let go, I ended up working fewer hours and earning more money.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:07 pm
by Abraham
On an audio book I was listening too, the narrator said "Calvary" when he meant "CAValry" I hear this word mix up quite often.
Calvary: A hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified
Cavalry: (military) troops trained to fight on horseback
The two words aren't that difficult to differentiate, yet...
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 2:21 pm
by Abraham
"Ya think?" - This pseudo-bon mot is no more original, than "How's that working out for ya"?
For you that exercise these banalities, stop. You're embarrassing yourselves.
You don't sound like sardonic hipsters - just utterly lacking in originality.
Of course, you probably also use other duds like "That's gonna leave a mark" and grin looking for appreciation like it hasn't already been gibbered by millions...ya, you're super witty.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:26 pm
by LikesShinyThings
Abraham wrote:"Ya think?" - This pseudo-bon mot is no more original, than "How's that working out for ya"?
For you that exercise these banalities, stop. You're embarrassing yourselves.
You don't sound like sardonic hipsters - just utterly lacking in originality.
Of course, you probably also use other duds like "That's gonna leave a mark" and grin looking for appreciation like it hasn't already been gibbered by millions...ya, you're super witty.
Guilty as charged.
Unfortunately for some, these do amuse me at least occasionally.
Not for nothing (how many folks did I get with that one?
) - I'll take this usage under consideration instead of blankly parroting it the next time the opportunity strikes
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:27 am
by anygunanywhere
Tempature as in "I think I have a tempature".
The word is temperature.
Anygunanywhere
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:40 am
by LikesShinyThings
anygunanywhere wrote:Tempature as in "I think I have a tempature".
The word is temperature.
Anygunanywhere
"I think I have a temperature" - I KNOW you have a temperature. The question is, do you have a fever?
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 7:23 pm
by Mike.B
Favre?
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 7:54 pm
by WildBill
I'm not feeling well, my throat is sore and I am a little horse.
Re: Word use that drives you up the wall!
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:51 am
by TVGuy
"Notated" drives me insane.