Great stuff!
I especially loved “enormity” and “hoi polloi”. I should have come up with “could care less”. I’m amazed how frequently it’s used.
How about regime used for regimen, as in “the doctor used a new treatment regime”? Maybe, but only if she practises in Iraq.
The reason people use “I could care less” is that it used to be part of a larger phrase now forgotten: “I don’t know and I could care less.”
Now that makes more sense, eh?
Your brain-in-jar,
Myron
Imbibo, ergo sum.
How about using literally when they mean metaphorically
“He literally jumped out of his skin”-Huh?
How about using literally when they mean metaphorically
“He literally jumped out of his skin”-Huh?
Sorry, but that still sounds just as silly as the short version to me. Here, it should be “couldn’t” as well, IMHO.
Defect borg:
“Refutile is sistance. Your ass will be simulated”.
WallyM7 on Coldfire:
"Yeah, he knows a little about everything because they have a good prison library."
from www.m-w.com/ :
regime
1 a : REGIMEN 1 b : a regular pattern of occurrence or action (as of seasonal rainfall) c : the characteristic
behavior or orderly procedure of a natural phenomenon or process
enormity
3 : the quality or state of being huge : IMMENSITY
usage Enormity, some people insist, is improperly used to denote large size. They insist on enormousness for this
meaning, and would limit enormity to the meaning “great wickedness.” Those who urge such a limitation may not recognize the subtlety with which enormity is actually used. It regularly denotes a considerable departure from the expected or normal <they awakened; they sat up; and then the enormity of their situation burst upon them. “How did the fire start?” – John Steinbeck>. When used to denote large size, either literal or figurative, it usually suggests something so large as to seem overwhelming <no intermediate zone of study. Either the enormity of the desert or the sight of a tiny flower – Paul Theroux> <the enormity of the task of teachers in slum schools – J. B. Conant>…
You know, the idea of someone literally jumping out of their skin has me all squeamish. You might even say I’m nauseous. [topical joke]
I still don’t know about “I don’t know and could care less”. I could understand, “I don’t know and care less,” but the whole could thing makes it sound subjunctive. I don’t care less but if things were different then I might. Maybe it means, “I don’t currently know, and don’t get yer hopes up because if I did know, I would then pay even less mind to this matter.” Hmm.
Monstrous does not mean huge. It means really awful, as in “monstrous deeds committed by a deranged axe murderer”.
MST3K: Best lil’ puppet show on the planet.
Oh, the “I could care less” and using nauseous instead of nauseated are big pet peeves of mine, as is “should of,” “could of,” etc.
It also utterly amazes me (and drives me nuts - figuratively :)) that so many people mix up “then” and “than.”
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” - Anne Frank
“Mom, he’s a neo Nazi! He’s a doctor also? Well…” - WallyM7
But you composed it, drafted it, created it. You wrote it.
What you were really guilty of was writing “that I’m guilty of” when you really meant “of which I am guilty.”
Incorrect usage of “that” vs. “which,” which are, IMO, incredibly easy to understand (as opposed to the who/whom rules, which are a lot more difficult to grasp
Incorrect punctuation when using quotation marks (every time I watch the Millionaire show, I just want to scream - they never get this right!)
The underuse of the word “me”. For some reason, people seem to think that “I” sounds more proper, even when used (incorrectly) as an object.
Wrong:
She took Sally and I to see a movie.
Right:
She took Sally and me to see a movie.
(Oh yes, and missbunny, please pardon the inorrect use of punctuation with quotation marks in my previous post!)
That’s okay, most persons of the SDMB persuasion are granted a special grammar dispensation. [insert smiley here]
It’s LEND! You cannot ‘borrow’ anything to someone else!!!
This reminds me of the thread I started (here) about people using “as Hell” to describe everything - “fat as Hell,” “noisy as Hell,” etc. The only things I could honestly see as being acceptable “as Hell” would be hot or crowded. 
“Cold as Hell” bugs the Hell out of me!
Esprix
Ask the Gay Guy! (or, if you prefer the Jesusfied version, Asketh the damn Priest Guy!)
It makes me so frickin’ sick to hear someone use “literally” in a figurative sense. My freshman comp teacher jumped all over my ass in college for using it and I thought he was just being an asshole. Now I see that I could have learned so much in that class and that I was just 18 and stupid. [Of course, he did introduce me to Flannery O’Conner, so he wasn’t that bad a guy… ]
And in a mini-hijack -
Adverbs are like water in the desert. Got it?
Oh yeah - Missbunny
I have always used who and whom in a simple subject and object way. And I always thought it was pretty simple. Am I missing something?
Of course, he introduced me to the works of Flannery O’Conner. Perhaps I should be a little more specific. Oops. I’m not that old…
OK now, no more posts. Must – stop – goofing off – aarrrggghh