The misue of words and phrases used that.....

[Gustavus Adolphus]

....drive you insane.

For instance, I know a guy who still says, 'for all intensive purposes.'

 

[Crystallas]

Free
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And I hated when Wayne's World came out, and people thought that doing the alternate reality gesture(with the hand waving) was actually called doing the 'Scooby-Doo ending'. Mainly because they watched the movie dozens of times at that point, and still failed to label the gag correctly. :facepalm:

 

[Mr. Cub]

When people say "expecially" .

 

[Crystallas]

Oh, I hate when people say, "I have a question". On occasion, or as a friendly interruption, sure. But before every question?! :smh:

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

irregardless-not a word
could care less-so you do care then?
fair vs. justice-fair=equality, justice=moral consequences under a code of ethics or law(*waits for crys to think i'm misusing these terms*)
use of the world literally
average QB...god damn it, an average QB is in the MIDDLE of the pack of 30 QBs...meaning around 14-17...not in the bottom tier..that's BELOW average....the term is supposed to be relative(i'm looking at you, ESPN)

 

[modo]

Affect vs effect

Towards

Using the word literal, when you mean figurative

Decimate

Core vs corps

Calling something ironic when it has nothing to do with irony

Moot vs mute

 

[BNB]

Things like that don't "drive me insane" because I usually know what the person is trying to say. Unless I'm not familiar with the phrase... then I just wouldn't know he/she is fucking it up anyway.

But I guess if I could pick one, it would be "Could care less."

When I'm reading someone's text though, the wrong "your" or "there" can sometimes be a little annoying. Mostly because you learn that shit when you're like 8... and every year after that. And people still get it wrong.

 

[GaelicSoxFan]

1. Literally. Way overused.

2. People who say "1 and 1a." That has got to make every English teacher cringe. Say "1 and 2" or "1a and 1b".

3. "Axe" instead of "ask". You could axe me, but then you'd go to prison.

 

[JosMin]

I hate when people say "disinterested". Uh, you aren't disinterested, you're uninterested.

 

[Iwritecode]

Based on the thread title, people that can't spell "misuse".

 

[FirstTimer]

"irregardless"

"like" "like" "like"

 

[Decatur Staley]

Affect vs effect

Using the word literal, when you mean figurative

Core vs corps

Calling something ironic when it has nothing to do with irony

Moot vs mute

These ^^^

 

[Monk]

1. Literally. Way overused.

I literally is.

One of my least favorite is then used for than.

 

[NCChiFan]

"irregardless"

And Codeblue56 have it right, the fact folks use this "word" drives me crazy.

 

[1COBearsfan]

Oh, I hate when people say, "I have a question". On occasion, or as a friendly interruption, sure. But before every question?! :smh:

My girlfriends daughter says this before every question she asks. We've told her several times that she doesn't have to announce that she has a question, just ask it. She usually remembers for about 5 minutes then goes right back to announcing her desire to ask a question

 

[Dogstar]

Oh, I hate when people say, "I have a question". On occasion, or as a friendly interruption, sure. But before every question?! :smh:

"Can I ask you a question?" is the one that really bugs me...

 

[Les Grossman]

Affect vs effect

You must be REALLY anal.

 

[GaelicSoxFan]

"Can I ask you a question?" is the one that really bugs me...

That is only appropriate if the person asking is five years old or younger.

 

[MDB111™]

Packers fans. Irregardless witch team you like, their is no reeson to be on the forum of they're fans. It's completely Gailic.

 

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irregardless-not a word
could care less-so you do care then?
fair vs. justice-fair=equality, justice=moral consequences under a code of ethics or law(*waits for crys to think i'm misusing these terms*)
use of the world literally
average QB...god damn it, an average QB is in the MIDDLE of the pack of 30 QBs...meaning around 14-17...not in the bottom tier..that's BELOW average....the term is supposed to be relative(i'm looking at you, ESPN)

This. All of this. Expescially the first two.