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Irregardless of the fact...
Aargh! Makes me insane!
Don't you realize you just said "regarding the fact?"
Aargh! Makes me insane!
Don't you realize you just said "regarding the fact?"(1)_Anything "outside the box."
(2) Fashion-speak where plurals become singular, e.g. the "pant," the "jean," the "shoe" (when referring to a pair of shoes).
(3) Prolly.
(2) Fashion-speak where plurals become singular, e.g. the "pant," the "jean," the "shoe" (when referring to a pair of shoes).
(3) Prolly.
Impact Was a Verb Before It Was a Noun
I hope it helps you to get over your hatred of impact as a verb to know that the verb came BEFORE the noun:
impact (n.)
1781, "collision", from impact (v.). Figurative sense of "forceful impression" is from 1817 (Coleridge).
impact (v.)
c.1600, "press closely into something," from L. impactus, pp. of impingere "to push into, dash against, thrust at". Originally sense preserved in impacted teeth (1876).
I hope it helps you to get over your hatred of impact as a verb to know that the verb came BEFORE the noun:
impact (n.)
1781, "collision", from impact (v.). Figurative sense of "forceful impression" is from 1817 (Coleridge).
impact (v.)
c.1600, "press closely into something," from L. impactus, pp. of impingere "to push into, dash against, thrust at". Originally sense preserved in impacted teeth (1876).
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I love internet memes and phrases as much as the next person, but "epic fail" has to stop.
It has become, much to my chagrin, a staple of my 9-year old niece's vocabulary.
It has become, much to my chagrin, a staple of my 9-year old niece's vocabulary.
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AnWulf --
Interesting -- thanks!
Maybe one of the reasons it grates is that the people who chronically use it as a verb also have other annoying habits, such as saying things like "I got a kudo this morning" or "please don't hesitate to ask John or I." (And yes, these are direct quotes.)
Cheers!
Interesting -- thanks!
Maybe one of the reasons it grates is that the people who chronically use it as a verb also have other annoying habits, such as saying things like "I got a kudo this morning" or "please don't hesitate to ask John or I." (And yes, these are direct quotes.)
Cheers!
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"Sub-deb"
A simply awful word coined to mean teenager before the word teenager was coined.
Implies that the Débutante ball was the central important thing of life.
A simply awful word coined to mean teenager before the word teenager was coined.
Implies that the Débutante ball was the central important thing of life.
Irregardless of the fact...
Aargh! Makes me insane!
"Irregardless" is mine for this list! *stabs my ear with a ice pick*
Epitome:
The misuse of the word "epitome" disturbs the hell out of me. Often writers and speakers will use the word "epitome" when, in fact, they mean "acme" or "zenith". Let us remember that "epitome" refers to a typical example not the ultimate, greatest or highest.
The misuse of the word "epitome" disturbs the hell out of me. Often writers and speakers will use the word "epitome" when, in fact, they mean "acme" or "zenith". Let us remember that "epitome" refers to a typical example not the ultimate, greatest or highest.
Yep, the epitome of epic fail, irregardless.
"Subdeb" makes me want to write a story set in high society just before the Great War. I was acting subdean at a tiny junior college, and it didn't feel prestigious.
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YES! Thank you!
I also hate the incorrect use of represent. Several years ago I heard a reporter on MTV ask a fan, "Did (Pop star) represent?"
Did he represent what? Himself? Pepsi? Brussel sprouts?
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"sexay" (quickWit 
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Dropping the woid after "with," as in, "Are you coming with?"
"We're" preggers.
"preggers"
"Who" instead of "What designer's clothing," as in, "Who are you wearing?"
)Dropping the woid after "with," as in, "Are you coming with?"
"We're" preggers.
"preggers"
"Who" instead of "What designer's clothing," as in, "Who are you wearing?"
That curious speech pattern was well established when I heard it said almost every day seventy years ago.
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The hundred-year time frame was established in the first post, so I think the criticism is allowable.
After all, "subdeb" dates to 1917 (I had thought it was from the 1930s).
Very unique instead of unique.
Invite instead of invitation.
The use of "and honestly" or "and to be honest." As in "Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and to be honest, this, this, and this." So, I should take that to mean that the this's were the truth, and that all that blahing beforehand was untruthful?
Errrrg.
Invite instead of invitation.
The use of "and honestly" or "and to be honest." As in "Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and to be honest, this, this, and this." So, I should take that to mean that the this's were the truth, and that all that blahing beforehand was untruthful?
Errrrg.
Hmm, I always thought I was on the pedantic end of pedantic , but a lot of the idioms and slang in this thread don't bother me (and some I quite like as neologisms or hyperbole!).
But I TOTALLY AGREE about the eye-stabbiness provoked by misuse. ("Literally," "irregardless," "could care less," those words do not mean what you think they mean!) I guess neologisms and idioms don't tend to bug me because they expand the language, whereas misuse leads to language dilution, which makes me a sad, sad panda.
(Though I admit I used to think the words "blog" and "fic" (for fanfiction) were horrendously silly-sounding -- now I've mostly surrendered, however, and they are necessary words. (For a while I tried to use "weblog" in conversation, but nobody knew what I was talking about.))
How about:
* "Inflammable" to mean "not flammable" (arrgh)
* Intensifiers used with "perfect" (doesn't bother me so much with "unique," because I think there's an argument to be made for uniqueness being an intensifiable quantity)
* Ablist/homophobic slang ("gay," "retarded," "schizo," etc. as pejorative terms)
* On that note, can we PLEASE lose the term "politically correct" (it's both dismissive and inaccurate; I ranted more on it here)
* "Bemused" misused as "quizzically or tolerantly amused"
* "Nonplussed" misused as "indifferent"
* "Drug" as a past tense for "drag"
* The positive "anymore" (basically used as a synonym for "nowadays" . . . this one's regional, I think)
* "Data" as a singular noun
* "Steep learning curves" versus "shallow learning curves" because the metaphor is mathematically counterintuitive
I'm sure there are more . . .
And technically, "That would be I" is the correct version. ::hides:: Though boy, that does sound funny . . .
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, but a lot of the idioms and slang in this thread don't bother me (and some I quite like as neologisms or hyperbole!).But I TOTALLY AGREE about the eye-stabbiness provoked by misuse. ("Literally," "irregardless," "could care less," those words do not mean what you think they mean!) I guess neologisms and idioms don't tend to bug me because they expand the language, whereas misuse leads to language dilution, which makes me a sad, sad panda.
(Though I admit I used to think the words "blog" and "fic" (for fanfiction) were horrendously silly-sounding -- now I've mostly surrendered, however, and they are necessary words. (For a while I tried to use "weblog" in conversation, but nobody knew what I was talking about.))
How about:
* "Inflammable" to mean "not flammable" (arrgh)
* Intensifiers used with "perfect" (doesn't bother me so much with "unique," because I think there's an argument to be made for uniqueness being an intensifiable quantity)
* Ablist/homophobic slang ("gay," "retarded," "schizo," etc. as pejorative terms)
* On that note, can we PLEASE lose the term "politically correct" (it's both dismissive and inaccurate; I ranted more on it here)
* "Bemused" misused as "quizzically or tolerantly amused"
* "Nonplussed" misused as "indifferent"
* "Drug" as a past tense for "drag"
* The positive "anymore" (basically used as a synonym for "nowadays" . . . this one's regional, I think)
* "Data" as a singular noun
* "Steep learning curves" versus "shallow learning curves" because the metaphor is mathematically counterintuitive
I'm sure there are more . . .
And technically, "That would be I" is the correct version. ::hides:: Though boy, that does sound funny . . .
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Incentivize.
Argh, hate that one, and most especially the contexts in which it gets used (boring meetings with administrators at beginning of the semester where they're really telling us we have to do more with less).
Argh, hate that one, and most especially the contexts in which it gets used (boring meetings with administrators at beginning of the semester where they're really telling us we have to do more with less).
The use of "preggers" makes this pregnant lady want to go on a murderous rampage.
My husband uses it whenever he wants to get under my skin. Insta-fury.
My husband uses it whenever he wants to get under my skin. Insta-fury.