Misused words...

Quiet and Shy · Post by **Quiet and Shy** » January 30, 2007 2:42 pm

"Notoriety" is the one I hear most often these days

In fact on last night's news the mayor of Indianapolis said "the Colts in the Super Bowl will bring notoriety to the city."

Per Dictionary.com:
Notoriety: the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality (as in notorious)

"Recognition" might work a bit better there, Bart....

What other words get messed up?

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » January 30, 2007 2:48 pm

Irrespective

Post by **SMLCHNG** » January 30, 2007 2:49 pm

Irregardless

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » January 30, 2007 2:52 pm

Orientated. Usually when people use this word they really mean oriented.

Second on my list is the word utilize, when the word use will suffice.

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » January 30, 2007 2:56 pm

My boss said he cannot understand my "self defecating humor"

krusin1 · Post by **krusin1** » January 30, 2007 3:01 pm

Ideals (when "ideas" is actually the proper word.)

"I have some really great ideals for our new project."

Drives me crazy.

PIA · Post by **PIA** » January 30, 2007 3:05 pm

SMLCHNG wrote:Irregardless

thats not even a word....

Post by **SMLCHNG** » January 30, 2007 3:06 pm

PIA wrote:
SMLCHNG wrote:Irregardless
thats not even a word....

I know. And too many folks use it, thinking it is.

sunseeker · Post by **sunseeker** » January 30, 2007 3:08 pm

SMLCHNG wrote:Irregardless

THANK YOU!!! This is one of my BIGGEST pet peeves...

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » January 30, 2007 3:08 pm

"of", as in should of, would of. It's "have"

grow - we have to grow our business. How do you grow a business? Sprinkle your employees on the lawn and water them every day?

Post by **SMLCHNG** » January 30, 2007 3:10 pm

LIPH wrote:"of", as in should of, would of. It's "have"

That one drives me insane..

PIA · Post by **PIA** » January 30, 2007 3:10 pm

SMLCHNG wrote:
PIA wrote:
SMLCHNG wrote:Irregardless
thats not even a word....
I know. And too many folks use it, thinking it is.

it drives me crazy....

and when people end a sentence with a preposition...

i.e. - "Where are you at?"

"Where are you?"

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » January 30, 2007 3:11 pm

LIPH wrote:"of", as in should of, would of. It's "have"

grow - we have to grow our business. How do you grow a business? Sprinkle your employees on the lawn and water them every day?

"Crafting" when they mean "making policy". Or all we all scrapbookers now??

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » January 30, 2007 3:20 pm

PIA wrote:
SMLCHNG wrote:
PIA wrote:
SMLCHNG wrote:Irregardless
thats not even a word....
I know. And too many folks use it, thinking it is.
it drives me crazy....

and when people end a sentence with a preposition...

i.e. - "Where are you at?"

"Where are you?"

There's a joke about that.

An American is in England and he walks up to someone and asks "Where's the library at?" The Englishman tells him "In England, we don't end a sentence with a preposition." The American says "Where's the library at, a$$hole?"

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » January 30, 2007 3:21 pm

tikitatas wrote:
LIPH wrote:"of", as in should of, would of. It's "have"

grow - we have to grow our business. How do you grow a business? Sprinkle your employees on the lawn and water them every day?
"Crafting" when they mean "making policy". Or all we all scrapbookers now??

"Crafting" hasn't made it's way to my world, yet, but we used to constantly hear "grow the business." I work closely with a systems architect who not only chomps gum loudly on conference calls, but I can count on more than one hand how many horrible business-isms he uses and misuses in a single meeting.

The worst part about it is he probably easily makes a 6 figure income.

MacPhin · Post by **MacPhin** » January 30, 2007 3:21 pm

further and farther

NanaBabe · Post by **NanaBabe** » January 30, 2007 3:27 pm

"of an evening" WTF?? one evening, during an evening?

"Do you want to come with?" With WHO, for Pete's sake???? (who/whom?)

Droggy ... are you drowsy or groggy?

I am a grammar and spelling freak when it comes to anything besides casual correspondence and internet use. I literally bite my tongue or sit on my hands at times in order to prevent myself from making corrections.

surfpirate · Post by **surfpirate** » January 30, 2007 3:32 pm

Personally, I get peeved when people consider themselves to be the word cops of the world and decide it is more important to parse and correct my spoken words. "Did you understand what I was communicating?!!!!! Your wisea$$ reply only tells me you are too dimwitted to make logical inferences or you are simply a rude and pompous windbag."

Yeah, yeah. If it is a news broadcast or a published work .... go ahead and point out the error. But don't correct my speech if it is irrelevant to our conversation and the point I may have been making.

Thank you. I feel better now.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » January 30, 2007 3:34 pm

I think we should put surfpirate and NanaBabe into a room together and see what happens.

surfpirate · Post by **surfpirate** » January 30, 2007 3:37 pm

buffettbride wrote:I think we should put surfpirate and NanaBabe into a room together and see what happens.

Bring it on. What room will it be at?