A few word pet peeves. What are yours?

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I've always found "I could care less" to be odd. If you could care less, but don't care a lot, what is the point of saying it? Saying "My name is Bob" relates to the situation just as much. Obviously people are saying it wrong, but it is particularly nonsensical.

I have a terrible habit of saying "like" and "totally." I wish I could make them go away. It mortifies me, but seems to be an involuntary reaction. I don't type like that!
 
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"Could care less" annoys me also. "Absolutely" annoys me too and I am so guilty of using it, which is even worse! And I tend to say "like" a little too much when I am nervous, which is annoying. I hate when people over use "like". "Irregardless" is one of my biggest pet peeves. It's just "regardless". And I hate when people say "Compareds to". There is no such word. I hear it all the time though! It's just "compared to". I am sure there are a few more but those are my biggest ones.
 
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Izzy's Valkyrie said:
According to firefox, orientated is a word but I'm pretty sure it's easier to say and type oriented!
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My friend says "orientate" instead of "orient." :rolleyes: Although by now I'm pretty sure she just does it to annoy me.

katielou said:
Could care less annoys me more than just about anything.
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^^^Yes.

I also hate "unique," it's WAY overused. It's supposed to describe something that's very different from anything else, like a one-of-a-kind. It REALLY irks me when people say "very unique," argh! It's either unique or it's not.

Along the same lines, my friend says "very adequate." Seriously, it's adequate, not adequate, or perhaps more than adequate.... You can't be very adequate.

Also (I could go on with peeves for a while, lol!), saying "fixed" instead of "spayed/neutered." As in, "I got my dog fixed." When I hear this, I've started asking the person how their dog was broken. Because really, you're not "fixing" the dog, you're kinda breaking it.
 
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My biggest pet peeve: "literally." That word means something very specific! It drives me mad. I was reading another forum earlier and someone said "it literally killed me"... :yikes:

It irritates the hell out of my mom, too, so it's become a running joke between us. But seriously, I can get past "could care less", whatever... but literally... egads.
 
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Izzy's Valkyrie said:
Made up conjugations!

"Malnutritioned" Uhm, what? I believe the word you're looking for is Malnourished! According to firefox, orientated is a word but I'm pretty sure it's easier to say and type oriented!
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Likeified.
 
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Seeing as how I'm a little Cajun queen, I've been blasted for saying "been fixin to" and "fixin to". Yes, I know that the word "about" or phrase "I've been meaning to" would be more pc, but thhhhpppp! :p
 
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Seeing as how I'm a little Cajun queen, I've been blasted for saying "been fixin to" and "fixin to". Yes, I know that the word "about" or phrase "I've been meaning to" would be more pc, but thhhhpppp! :p
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That's just a cute colloquialism. It's not "wrong" per say. I love it. I say it too sometimes when I'm feeling a little playful. And I'm not from the south, but some of my ancestors are. Keep on saying it. I love southern accents and some of their expressions. I don't think every little phrase or word should be blasted or taken out of the speech that is indigenous to a geographic location or group of people. Some variation is what makes language interesting. Some blatant grammar disasters do tend to bother me, although I'm sure I make my fair share of boo boo's. (that apostrophe is technically incorrect because it's not about possession. However, I read in a grammar book that those places like that, an apostrophe can be used, not as ownership, but as a separation thing) :p

Okay, well...it may not be technically a colloquialism. It might fall under the dialect category or "slangism" category. Maybe even jargon. I'm not sure...too lazy to figure all that out. :p
 
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Infer and imply do not mean the same thing.

I know you think they mean the same thing, which is evident in the way you use them interchangeably, but they do not mean the same thing.

When I roll my eyes at you, I'm implying that I think you are annoying, you are infering that I think you are annoying. I am putting the suggestion out there, and you are recieving it. That's the difference.

On the plus side, you did infer correctly.

[general you]

I like to talk like my grandma, with silent r's and "ah" sounds.\

"Pahk the cah" (park the car)
"I need ah dollah."
 
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Bug Bears

decimate and annihilate. possibly the most wrongly used words in T.V. News. To decimate is to kill 1 in 10 and to annihilate is to wipe out.
Per se means "as such".
I really dislike the use of "orientate" in many cases. I disagree with those that say it is English while "orient" is American. I consider that it is right for the placement or direction of objects, (The Church is orientated N/S) but incorrect for peoples intentions or transient positions. (He was religiously oriented)
 
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'Suppose to'

There is a sign on a cart in my office that says the cart is for things that are 'suppose to go to central records'. It's SUPPOSED TO.

I suppose these should go to central records.

These are supposed to go to central records.

I want to go in and write in a 'd'.
 
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"Supposably." 3--- <--stabbing "word" with trident

Things like "I'm fixin' to" or "I'm fin' to" or "I seen it" have crept into my speakage the older I get and the further south I travel. LOL! It makes me wanna go jump in the crick. Now that I'm in Lubbock, people down here just say "Right?" for everything they agree with. It took me a bit to get used to that one.

There are some words that relate to dogs that I'd like to see there be a permit required to use, because most people use them WRONG or they use them to as a way to nice-ify something that is really quite sucky. Like "protective." "Skiddish (sic)." I must have blocked out the others because I can't remember any more.
 
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Blech, I hate when people say "legit?!" when they're surprised.
a) If you're too lazy to say legitimate, just don't try.
b) It doesn't mean the same as asking "really?"
 
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'Work flow' is a term that is starting to annoy me too. I am not sure why but I hear it all the time.
 
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