What is it called [when you make a mistake while trying to correct another person's mistake?]..

[Chronos]

handsomeharry, did you read any of the rest of the thread?

[watchwolf49]

@Uniqueorn

In German, there is a word that means “making things worse when trying to make them better”: verschlimmbessern.

zu verschlimmbessern

[Qwertol]

It s called “making an ass out of yourself”.

[GusNSpot]

I’m gonna start using

MAAOOY

Bawahahaha

[Bozuit]

@gracer

On behalf of all people, everywhere, I would like to thank the Germans for giving us this beautiful word that would so accurately describe what my boss does, if there were anything to “bessern” in my work in the first place.

I hope everyone enjoyed the ratio of vowels:consonants? For full appreciation, pay attention to the “rschl” part. Though not unusual in German, it is always a fun sight.

So thanks German language! You always know just how I feel.

Because German often combines words to form a new one (rather than using adjectives as distinct words) you can get some particularly interesting results, such as “Schifffahrt”.

[gracer]

@Bozuit

Because German often combines words to form a new one (rather than using adjectives as distinct words) you can get some particularly interesting results, such as “Schifffahrt”.

My (other) native language, Dutch, does the same thing. We get a nice one with “angstschreeuw”. Check out that “ngstschr”!

[watchwolf49]

@Bozuit

Because German often combines words to form a new one (rather than using adjectives as distinct words) you can get some particularly interesting results, such as “Schifffahrt”.

“fahrt” isn’t interesting enough?

[bizzwire]

For grammatical errors, it’s called a “Rotsky.”

[rowrrbazzle]

For spelling and/or grammar, it’s Bell’s First Law of Usenet.

@Garfield226

… “Flames of spelling and/or grammar will have spelling and/or grammatical errors.”

This was first posted by 15 May, 1990, by Andrew Bell to alt.sex. (cite).

[sich_hinaufwinden]

@bizzwire

For grammatical errors, it’s called a “Rotsky.”

Four grammatical errors, its called a ‘‘Rotsky.’’

/Sorry
//Pet peeve
///slashies!