What is one word or phrase that is technically incorrect (i.e. 'revert back) that people use that drives you crazy?
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Cyndi Ninja
ANSWERS: 47
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Dude
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Politically Correct...Politicians never seem to be correct!
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the word irregardless drives me crazy..LOL
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Well wicked.
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irregardless . Who taught these people?
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mischievous. People pronounce it "mischeevius" when it's actually "mischevus". (even if you pronounce phonetically, there is nothing even remotely suggesting the extra 2 syllables!!)
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Mental psychosis. While it's not incorrect, technically. it's redundant and sounds ridiculous. What other kind of psychosis is there besides mental? All psychosis comes from the mind.
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I hate when people say "continue on" or "continuing on". It's redundant and ignorant. Unfortunately, so many misphrases and mispronunciations of words have become memes that are now "acceptable" in US english. I really wish we treated our language with a little more respect.
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and etc... given that etc... stands for 'and so on', it is redundant to put 'and' in front of it.
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"Free gift". Redundant.
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Oh, god. I have so many. An example of a word that drives me particularly crazy is "conversate." I am an English teacher, and for legal reasons, I can't describe what I do to kids who use this word in my class.
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"dude" Think California of the 70's and 80's. Like, totally, dude. To my personal disgust, I can still say that exactly like a Californian. I did do my best to keep that out of my speech, despite decades in California.
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Irregardless. Anyways. slurred abbreviation from "what are you doing?" to "Ch-dune?"
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Irregardless is a big one for me as well. Another that drives me batty is "guesstimate".
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Believe you me. what does that mean?????
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When "like" is used before every other word in a sentence. Like, you know, when, like, people like fill a sentence like full of "likes". That and "You know"..just substitute "like" with "you know" in the previous sentence...like..you know. Grrr.
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I HATE it when people say orientated instead of oriented. I had to look it up in the dictionary and show it to my step-son. And I hear it all the time. There is another one that drives me nuts (drove my mom nuts, too) and I can't remember it for the life of me. I'll have to edit or comment when I think of it.... EDIT: I emailed my mom because it was driving me insane trying to remember what it was that everyone says that we can't stand. It's when people say "these ones" instead of just "these". I cringe whenever anyone says that because my mother drilled it into me!
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These don't bother me that much unless they're used by someone that annoys me anyway: "I've got" which is redundantly possessive. "Joe and me went to the movies". If you delete "Joe and" then you have (not you've got ;)), "Me went to the movies". Another redundancy I've heard is "True facts". If it isn't true then it's not a fact. ;) Now I just hope that I haven't committed some major grammatical faux pas in my attempt to sound knowledgeable. ;)
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"ATM Machine."
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i have to restrain myself from slapping people who use "same difference" .. how could it be the same, but different?! .. it drives me nuts, can't they just say .. "same thing" like normal people
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Although it's been covered several times Irregardless is one of mine as well. Another one that I never heard before west coasters started moving inland to the mountain states like Colorado and Montana is "Prolly" rather than probably I had never heard probably pronounced that way before. It seems to be primarily a west coast thing as everyone I know who uses it is from California or Oregon.
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I HATE it when people use the words "times it by" when they should say "multiply." Also when people mix up good and well when its really obvious that it should be the other word.
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"Conversate" - one time I even heard someone say "Presentate"
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LOZENGURE - As in: "My throat is dry, I think I need a lozengure or something." I hear that all the time. How was that derived from lozenge?
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more stupider my little sis uses that all the time!!!
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when somebody says for a specific person that he or she is my lucky mascot when mascot itself means lucky charm
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My ex husband says reality for realty and masonary for masonry.
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"past experience" and "past history" As opposed to what, future experience? Redundant.
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"Gotta" when they mean "Got to"
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Sorry to answer again, but thought of this....always and never! "I never saw him again, then one day he shows up at my door".....well, then you didn't "never see him again"! And chances are, if you say you always do something, you probably don't "always" do it!
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could of..instead of could have, or any variation thereof.
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When people say, "I could care less" when it's "I couldn't care less". I see that said on TV at least 2-3 times each week. They say it on shows, in interviews, in recent movies.
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when people say the word "conversate," which is not a word... converse is the word they should be using
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literally - like when they say I literally broke my neck, or I literally died.
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irregardless for regardless... people who misuse the words'If I were..." and 'If I was..." They are not the same...'If I were' is conditional.
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Timely. If it is used as an adverb as in: * Please submit your reports timely. You could say: Please submit your reports in a timely way. But you could say: "promptly" or "on time"
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Get your facts right! They wouldn't be facts if they were wrong
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Most "business talk" that uses long or made-up words to try to sound serious or important. Believe it or not, I heard someone at work urging everyone to be "planful."
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It is what it is ... not necessarily incorrect but annoying anyway
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"i.e" (that is) being used when "e.g." (for example) is appropriate.
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to beep? honk the horn! i am japanese so i am not sure about this and the spelling. but i have heard that kind of thing.
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The one that dives me up a wall when people use it is "same difference." First, it is an oxymoron. The second, is that people use it so flippantly, thinking it explains everything they are saying that I just want to hit them for it!
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Supposably instead of supposedly. There is no such word. period. And any TV preview that boasts an episode is "All New!" Of course it's all new. Redundant.
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"I could care less" instead of "I could not care less."
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irregardless and preventative.i have choked one of my technicians for using the former.
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* More/very/extremely unique * Mixing comparatives eg: 'more better' or interrogatives 'why did you do that for?'
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"Revert back" isn't incorrect; it's redundant. Sort of like "PIN Number", because "PIN" = "Personal Identification Number" ... Number. Also, Postal ZIP Code, because the "ZIP" means "Zone Improvement, Postal" (though no one knows that any more). Examples of this type of redundancy abound all around us, if one cares to want to look for them. (Just like both of the examples in the previous sentence.)
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