How do you feel about “conversate?”
I still refuse to say “going forward.”
The incorrect use of “myself.”
Furrever home is even worse.
On the proper noun side, I hate when famous couple’s names are morphed into one: Brangelina, for example, makes me homicidal.
Since a lot of pets are Fostered, this term makes sense.
…to watch a film, yes.
That’s pronounced “fillum”, BTW.
Who gives a toss if it makes sense? “Travel” comes from the French for hard work, but we still use it, even though it’s mostly super easy now.
Similarly, the only holidays the average shmo got used to be religious ones. So it made sense historically.
You people have trouble with getting your syllables right. “Specialty” is 3, not 5.
When trout/salmon anglers refer to female fish as “Hens” and male fish as “Bucks”.
It drives me bonkers. :rolleyes:
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Likewise in Scotland (films, not bioscopes).
Tell that to the French…
“Incentivize” would make sense if it were applied to the action or choice that whoever wants to make appealing, by attaching an incentive. “The government incentivizes marriage with tax breaks,” for example
Try to tell the French anything. Just try it.
Define “not long ago.” I’m 40 and that’s how I’ve always heard it used. For me, it’s words like “amazeballs,” but I’m not sure that’s here to stay.
I’m thrilled to learn that cromulent is a new word. I can continue to hate it, but now without thinking that I am doing so irrationally.
Salty, as used to describe someone is angry or upset. Seems to get a lot of use when discussing sports.
Salty - 5 letters, two syllables.
Angry - same
Upset - same
Why a new word when we have two right here that already mean the same thing? Stupid kids.
Hack
Just so you know, twitterary is a word for an underling who does the tweeting for somebody who is too rich/famous/lazy to tweet for himself. I wrote that one for urbandictionary.com .
I guess I have an acceptance of “Bubba” as I always thought it was a corruption of “Brother” and used to describe the 2nd son when the first son was only a few years older. While not in my family (or any of those I grew up around), I recognized it as being a, what, a familiar term used when talking to toddlers in “baby talk”. It’s use beyond the family, I always thought, was a lack of class. Like you wouldn’t call your sister “biddy” in open company.
But, that’s just me.
That usage of the word goes back to the 1930s, so it’s hardly new.
I hate “alternate” when it ought to be “alternative”.
“Alternate” is to swap repeatedly from one thing to another. And it rhymes with “hate”.
“Alternative” is the singular secondary option.
It’s mostly American usage, and it’s too late to change your habits now, but it will bother me until my dying day.
But you gotta love “twidiot”!