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Chief Eating Officer
They use it in place of annihilate. To be fair, kind of like aint, it has been misused so much that the originally incorrect meaning has now been accepted as correct.
There are two that drive me crazy. The first one is the misuse of the word "obviously". People say it all the time when there is nothing obvious about what they are saying.
The second is the word "decimate". Decimate originally meant to reduce by a tenth. If an amry was decimated it meant they lost one out of every ten men.
My coworker wants to "axe me a question".....good grief! Ask!!
My coworker wants to "axe me a question".....good grief! Ask!!
It got ASKED.
People who say "I myself,..."
What's with the "myself" is it possible to be "I someone else"?
Are you schizophrenic?
One of the most annoying things I frequently hear is the word OFTEN pronounced as OFF-TEN. The word is pronounced OFF-EN. It has a silent T, just like listen, fasten, and soften! Would you go to the grocery store and ask for fabric SOF-TENNER?
Alix said:I could give you the link, but there is a lot of extraneous matter to wade through.
This got me thinking. It depends on in what context I use the word on how I use it. Examples- "I ofen think of you" "How often do you come here?". I have no clue why I do this.
The Doctor tried to tell me I am, but I told her; "I am not, and neither are we!"
I find it annoying when distance is expressed in time.
It's only five minutes from here.
Also "chimbley"
PattY1 said:Reminded me of another pet-peeve. "40 mile an hour". When it is plural , more then one mile then it is MILES!!