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An aside, but you all know that every Tupperware lid has a letter on the tab and every container has a letter underneath to tell you which match, right?

 

Kevin Slater

 

I did not know that. Love these forums. :)

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Anyone else grown weary of hearing the recent perpetual use of the word "unprecedented?"

Not yet, but I am tired of hearing every renovation on HGTV described as "amazing!"

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The mismatched socks thing actually makes me sad, because the first thing that tipped us off that a very old friend, who had always been a meticulous dresser, was developing dementia, was when he started wearing mismatched socks.

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You have to love em.... I have a friend that is able to always do that to me. Good person to take to lunch when you're in a snit. I always pay for the lunch.

 

 

It burns me up when I'm really angry and someone will say or do something that makes me laugh.
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Reaching for the hair styling product and discovering (too late) that its toothpaste.

 

Lol... My elderly parents were visiting for the weekend when my dad thought the tube of hydrocortisone was toothpaste. He did the whole brush and rinse thing and it wasn't until later that he mentioned that he didn't care for my toothpaste.

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I like that like I had to hit the like like button after reading this.

 

The likelyhood of the dis-use and over-use of like disappearing anytime soon is unlikely to occur.

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Drivers who don't blink before turning.

Drivers who get in your lane without blinking.

Non blinkers motherfuckers.

 

Maybe they don't know that they have blinkers. Also those lazy motherfuckers who don't start to blink until they are at the turning point. JERKS!

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I mentioned these a couple or three years ago and was roundly scolded for my selfish attitude.....I now mention them again.....

 

1. able-bodied people who push that wheelchair button to open the door for themselves (instead of manually opening the door like in the olden days)

 

http://reasonableaccommodations.org/Media/Default/NiftyFifty/auto%20door.jpg

 

2. people who sit in their parked car for upwards of 20/30 minutes with the engine running and windows rolled up, it being sunny and 72 outside

 

idling-car.jpg.653x0_q80_crop-smart.jpg

It's called ignorance!

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Anyone else grown weary of hearing the recent perpetual use of the word "unprecedented?"

 

Overused words that have come to sound like nails on a chalk board to me:

 

Amazing. I admit with some embarrassment that I was a huge fan of Dancing With the Stars and that's where I began to hear the word "amazing" used to describe everything from partnerships to dancing to sets to costumes. Every fucking thing was "amazing".

Journey. Dancing with the Stars should copyright this word. Out of boredom, I once counted how many times it was uttered during 1 episode - 115. "I've been on an amazing journey." "This has been such a rewarding journey for me." "We've all witnessed the journey you've been on in terms of amazing growth. You're just amazing." "I wouldn't have missed this journey for the world." "Dancing with Maks has been an amazing journey." I'm so glad I made this amazing journey." And on and on and on and on.

Impact (as a verb).

Like. I've already ranted about that so I won't take a journey about it, although it would be an amazing journey in terms of the journey I could take journey-wise.

Wise. One of our local t.v. weathercaster uses "wise" to describe any kind of weather event. I.e. "Snow-wise, we won't get much today." "Temperature-wise, it's going to be really cold." "Sky-wise, it'll be cloudy."

Rhetoric.

Narrative.

In terms of. Again, one of our local t.v. weathercasters loves to use "in terms of". I.e. "In terms of rain, we'll have showers." "In terms of snow, we'll have flurries." "In terms of sunshine and beach-wise, it's going to be a great day." I've quoted this before, but a doctor I once worked for told me, "I'm going to eat now in terms of lunch."

Knowm I sayin'.

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Overused words that have come to sound like nails on a chalk board to me:

 

Amazing. I admit with some embarrassment that I was a huge fan of Dancing With the Stars and that's where I began to hear the word "amazing" used to describe everything from partnerships to dancing to sets to costumes. Every fucking thing was "amazing".

Journey. Dancing with the Stars should copyright this word. Out of boredom, I once counted how many times it was uttered during 1 episode - 115. "I've been on an amazing journey." "This has been such a rewarding journey for me." "We've all witnessed the journey you've been on in terms of amazing growth. You're just amazing." "I wouldn't have missed this journey for the world." "Dancing with Maks has been an amazing journey." I'm so glad I made this amazing journey." And on and on and on and on.

Impact (as a verb).

Like. I've already ranted about that so I won't take a journey about it, although it would be an amazing journey in terms of the journey I could take journey-wise.

Wise. One of our local t.v. weathercaster uses "wise" to describe any kind of weather event. I.e. "Snow-wise, we won't get much today." "Temperature-wise, it's going to be really cold." "Sky-wise, it'll be cloudy."

Rhetoric.

Narrative.

In terms of. Again, one of our local t.v. weathercasters loves to use "in terms of". I.e. "In terms of rain, we'll have showers." "In terms of snow, we'll have flurries." "In terms of sunshine and beach-wise, it's going to be a great day." I've quoted this before, but a doctor I once worked for told me, "I'm going to eat now in terms of lunch."

Knowm I sayin'.

 

Something that sometimes can be annoying - someone says "I never did this before" or "I never saw this before" - why is "before" tacked on

at the end of that statement, it's unnecessary, it's amazing, it's just fuckin' awesome, yet it's almost everywhere even newscasters who really

should be using the best of English.

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Putting adjectives and superlatives to words that stand alone......unique is the best example. It either is or it isn't. First is first - there cannot be a very first. Etc.Etc. ad finitum!

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Constant misuse of "dominant" vs "dominate" in craigslist ads and other places. Just search on "dominate" in CL and see how many times it's being used as an adjective. o_O

 

Some current examples:

"dominate white male seeking hot chick to come suck my dick tonight"

 

"Hello im a 22 year old submissive bi male. looking for a female who is dominate and loves to be in control."

 

"I'm looking for a dominate top"

 

"Any dominate masc take charge total tops looking?"

 

"Be at least Dominate to fuck me like a slut."

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Constant misuse of "dominant" vs "dominate" in craigslist ads and other places. Just search on "dominate" in CL and see how many times it's being used as an adjective. o_O

 

Some current examples:

"dominate white male seeking hot chick to come suck my dick tonight"

 

"Hello im a 22 year old submissive bi male. looking for a female who is dominate and loves to be in control."

 

"I'm looking for a dominate top"

 

"Any dominate masc take charge total tops looking?"

 

"Be at least Dominate to fuck me like a slut."

 

Discreet and discrete are also used and abused.

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Something that sometimes can be annoying - someone says "I never did this before" or "I never saw this before" - why is "before" tacked on

at the end of that statement, it's unnecessary, it's amazing, it's just fuckin' awesome, yet it's almost everywhere even newscasters who really

should be using the best of English.

And don't forget "as best as", as in "As best as I can remember, it snowed last night." Proper phrase would be "as well as I can remember". Or "it was more than perfect." How can it be more than perfect? If it's perfect, it has already reached the ultimate.

 

But my all time despised misuse of the English language is "would have" instead of "had", as in "If I would have known, I wouldn't have gone." Oh lord, that drives me nuts. The phrase should be, "If I had known, I wouldn't have gone." I've even heard the president misuse those tenses in speeches.

 

And of course, there's "He don't know what he's talking about." "I seen it yesterday." "I would of went." "I should of came." I was playing cards online yesterday and another person at the table got mad at me for a stupid play, and typed: "If I would of known u we're gonna play a spade, Ida kept the Queen. Your an asshole."

 

Sigh.

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And don't forget "as best as", as in "As best as I can remember, it snowed last night." Proper phrase would be "as well as I can remember". Or "it was more than perfect." How can it be more than perfect? If it's perfect, it has already reached the ultimate.

 

But my all time despised misuse of the English language is "would have" instead of "had", as in "If I would have known, I wouldn't have gone." Oh lord, that drives me nuts. The phrase should be, "If I had known, I wouldn't have gone." I've even heard the president misuse those tenses in speeches.

 

And of course, there's "He don't know what he's talking about." "I seen it yesterday." "I would of went." "I should of came." I was playing cards online yesterday and another person at the table got mad at me for a stupid play, and typed: "If I would of known u we're gonna play a spade, Ida kept the Queen. Your an asshole."

 

Sigh.

Your comment is perfect SIGH!

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the misuse of your and you're is quite frequent.

What about THEIR, THEY'RE and THERE? Their misuse drives me absolutely over the top, perhaps because English is NOT my mother tongue :mad:

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What about THEIR, THEY'RE and THERE? Their misuse drives me absolutely over the top, perhaps because English is NOT my mother tongue :mad:

 

You are spot on, and that is particularly impressive being that English is not your first language. :)

 

Today so many people rely solely upon spellcheck rather than proofreading that your example is more and more common, as well as HERE, HEAR and TO, TOO.

 

And, while I'm at it, I'm bothered when movies, plays, musical compositions, books, and other writings are "called" rather than "entitled."

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[quote=".... HERE, HEAR and TO, TOO.

And, while I'm at it, I'm bothered when movies, plays, musical compositions, books, and other writings are "called" rather than "entitled."

Don't forget two

and, sorry to have to correct you but books, etc. are titled - people are entitled.

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[quote=".... HERE, HEAR and TO, TOO.

And, while I'm at it, I'm bothered when movies, plays, musical compositions, books, and other writings are "called" rather than "entitled."

Don't forget two

and, sorry to have to correct you but books, etc. are titled - people are entitled.

 

N13, please don't be sorry, I'm always open to correction. However, Dictionary.com's second definition does support me on this one:

 

www.dictionary.com/

entitle

 

[en-tahyt-l]

 

See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com

verb (used with object), entitled, entitling.

1.

to give (a person or thing) a title, right, or claim to something; furnish with grounds for laying claim:

His executive position entitled him to certain courtesies rarely accorded others.

2.

to call by a particular title or name:

What was the book entitled?

3.

to designate (a person) by an honorary title.

 

And there is this from http://grammarist.com/usage/entitled-titled/

Entitled vs. titled

When they are synonymous with named or called, there is no substantive difference between entitled and titled. Some people object to this use entitled, but the objection is baseless. The use of entitled to mean named goes back centuries, and entitled was in fact the preferred term until recently. Google Books uncovers only 23 instances of the phrase “book titled” in works published in the 19th century, against some 31,000 instances of “book entitled.” (Titled in those days was much more often used to mean having a noble title.) This ngram, which graphs occurrence of the two phrases in English-language texts published from 1800 to 2000, shows that “book titled” did not gain significant ground until the second half of the 20th century:

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