Words one can get confused

You certainly could say that

But if anyone heard you abusing English in that too-cute way they’d fling you off the peak in a fit of pique and when you hit bottom after your peak experience you’d be looking a little peaked. Bruised and broken too. :grin:

Slight correction (at least to British English) - you’d be feeling understandably piqued, and looking rather peaky too.

In American English, it’s peaked, pronounced peek-id.

Is peaky the same word/meaning as in Peaky Blinders?

No, AIUI the latter name is derived from the gang’s wearing traditional flat caps with a peak. Such a cap was called a “peaky” in the slang of the day.

Thanks!

on behalf of X: representing or acting for/in the interests of X

on the part of X: ascribes to X responsibility for something.

I occasionally see the former where the latter is meant.

Affluent: wealthy.
Effluent: sewerage.

terminal: at the end of something
terminus: the end of something

gaiter: an article of clothing that keeps snow and mud out of one’s boot
gator or 'gator or gater: an alligator
Gater or 'Gater: a fan of Stargate, the science fiction franchise

goiter: swelling on the neck, usually due to enlarged thyroid gland

passive: receiving action from without
impassive: not susceptible to pain or suffering

passivist: one who avoids action
pacifist: one who avoids violence

Effluent can also be an outflow of any kind. It doesn’t have to be sewage (or, to be delicate, wastewater).

upload: To transfer programs or data over a digital communications link from a system near you (especially a smaller or peripheral client system) to one further away from you (especially a larger or central host system).
download: To transfer data or (esp.) code from a far-away system (especially a larger host system) over a digital communications link to a nearby system

There’s also sideloading:

Usage seems to vary somewhat, but the below is my understanding of these terms.

Sewer: a pipe or ditch used to direct the flow of wastewater
Sewage: wastewater that flows in a sewer
Sewerage: a system of interconnected drains, sewers, manholes, pumps, etc., used to direct the flow of sewage, usually toward a sewage treatment plant
Effluent: wastewater released into surface waters, often after having been treated at a sewage treatment plant

There’s also sewer pronounced like “sower”, meaning “one who sews”. Some needlework sites and groups are starting to substitute “sewist”, but “sewer” is still very commonly used.

In the US, they don’t use the word sewage any more. “Sewage” has negative connotations, you see. It’s wastewater and wastewater treatment plants.

“Sewage sludge” is now “biosolids”. There was a vote on that one.

epic: a long narrative poem on a heroic theme
epoch: a period of history, or an event that marks the beginning of such a period

The transcript of tonight’s PBS Newshour Brooks and Capehart segment says

In that context, I’m pretty sure Brooks meant epochal, not epical.

We watch a lot of British crime dramas. In many of these the bad guys wear baklavas.

No wait, or are they balaclavas?

Why don’t they just say “ski masks” and be done with it?