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Words that leave you nonplussed

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by ArnoldBabar, Sep 5, 2008.

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  1. I Digress

    I Digress Guest

     
    I Digress, Sep 5, 2008
    #37
  2. joe_schmoe

    joe_schmoe Active Member

    I turn away when someone says "I'm not a racist but..."

    I know it's not the theme of this thread, but still.
     
    joe_schmoe, Sep 5, 2008
    #38
  3. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    legend. legend. legend.

    can anyfuckingone use the god damned word correctly?



    that is all.
     
    Tom Petty, Sep 5, 2008
    #39
  4. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    That. Worthless in most uses.
     
    three_bags_full, Sep 5, 2008
    #40
  5. waterytart

    waterytart Active Member

    For meaning, fortuitous. It seems to be used exclusively as a mash-up of fortunate and serendipitous, so its own meaning is vanishing.

    For pronunciation, asterisk. It's not asterik. It's not asterix. People who can't manage the syllable "risk" leave me nonplussed.
     
    waterytart, Sep 5, 2008
    #41
  6. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    completely

    "The building was completely destroyed."

    What a shame. I was hoping it was only partially destroyed.
     
    BTExpress, Sep 5, 2008
    #42
  7. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    If we're going into phrases, let me save spnited the trouble...


    first annual
    new record
    best ever
     
    imjustagirl, Sep 5, 2008
    #43
  8. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Degrees of recovery are a pet peeve of mine. You've either recovered or you haven't.
     
    dooley_womack1, Sep 5, 2008
    #44
  9. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    Probe:
    1: a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)

    2 a: any of various testing devices or substances: as (1): a pointed metal tip for making electrical contact with a circuit element being checked (2): a usually small object that is inserted into something so as to test conditions at a given point (3): a device used to penetrate or send back information especially from outer space or a celestial body (4): a device (as an ultrasound generator) or a substance (as radioactively labeled DNA) used to obtain specific information for diagnostic or experimental purposes b: a pipe on the receiving airplane thrust into the drogue of the delivering airplane in air refueling

    3 a: the action of probing b: a penetrating or critical investigation c: a tentative exploratory advance or survey
     
    three_bags_full, Sep 5, 2008
    #45
  10. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

     
    dooley_womack1, Sep 6, 2008
    #46
  11. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    Is that like EVAR for people from Boston?
     
    imjustagirl, Sep 6, 2008
    #47
  12. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    For those too lazy to hit the final "r"
     
    dooley_womack1, Sep 6, 2008
    #48
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