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Words that leave you nonplussed

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

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  1. jlee

    jlee Well-Known Member

    "A number of"
     
    jlee, Sep 6, 2008
    #49
  2. Barsuk

    Barsuk Active Member

    Sort of a tangent, but I hate when people say they are "weary" of something, when they actually mean "wary."
     
    Barsuk, Sep 6, 2008
    #50
  3. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Picture/pitcher drives me crazy, too. I had a caller at the paper once who wanted to buy a "pitcher." I was this close to telling her to go to Bed, Bath and Beyond or Sur la Table or something. Another reason why I'm an asshole.

    I think many of you are missing the point here. Irregardless? Not a word. Towards? Not a word. It's toward. I think - think being the key - that AB means actual words that aren't used properly.

    Bad is the one that drives me nuts.
    "He's a bad dude," someone will say. Then, because I'm old, they'll add, "You know I really mean good? Bad is good." Yeah, I got it. You're a tool, too.

    Turns out "terrible" is part of the family, too. A "terrible" dude, I learned, is a really, really, really, exceptionally good dude.

    I blame Shaft.
     
    Moderator1, Sep 6, 2008
    #51
  4. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    In the bad-terrible vein, Moddy, I'm so tired of "sick." That was a sick run, he's so fast it's sick, blah blah blah blah blah.
     
    imjustagirl, Sep 6, 2008
    #52
  5. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    I'm sick of that, too.
     
    Moderator1, Sep 6, 2008
    #53
  6. MacDaddy

    MacDaddy Active Member

    Shut yo mouth.
     
    MacDaddy, Sep 6, 2008
    #54
  7. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Just talkin' 'bout Shaft!
     
    Moderator1, Sep 6, 2008
    #55
  8. Dickens Cider

    Dickens Cider New Member

    Towards is an actual word, Moddy. It's just wrong to us journalists.

    "Toward and towards (pronounce them either TORD[Z] or tuh-WORD[Z]) are Standard and interchangeable in meaning. American English uses both, but toward more often; British English uses towards more."
     
    Dickens Cider, Sep 6, 2008
    #56
  9. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    pay dirt. I hate that phrase.
     
    mustangj17, Sep 6, 2008
    #57
  10. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    It ain't a word in my book.
    So theres.
     
    Moderator1, Sep 6, 2008
    #58
  11. Singapore Slim

    Singapore Slim Member

    Mad TV literally ripping off David Cross.
     
    Singapore Slim, Sep 6, 2008
    #59
  12. I Digress

    I Digress Guest

    ah dude.. I drove a Probe for 9 years... best car ever!
     
    I Digress, Sep 6, 2008
    #60
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