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What's a misused, made up or mispronounced word or phrase that drives you crazy? 🤔

Poll - Total Votes: 41

"supposebly"

"for all intensive purposes"

"defiantly"

"expecially"

"would/should of" instead of "would/should have"

"eckcetera"

apostrophes to convey plurals (boy's played very well, the ship's are sinking)

"then" instead of "than"

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SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

"irregardless"

tenente · 100+, M

@SumKindaMunster

Elessar · 26-30, M

@SumKindaMunster I'm guilty of this

Straylight · 31-35, F

This post gave me a headache.

Dusty101 · F

Hostible
It's [b] HOSPITAL[/b] you grown adult of a Muppet!

tenente · 100+, M

@Dusty101

PhoenixPhail · M

@Dusty101 I've never heard that one. Maybe they should look up the word in a libary. 🤭

Dusty101 · F

@PhoenixPhail it's a Dublin thing! 🫣

WaryWitchWandering · 36-40, F

“Expresso” ☹️

tenente · 100+, M

@WaryWitchWandering

reubles · 41-45, M

Probly, prolly

Thodsis · 51-55, M

'Gifting'.

'My Bad'.

'Woke'.

'Should of'.

'Eating healthy'.

'Mixtape' for music that's not on a cassette.

The list could go on and I'll be called a 'boomer' despite being too young. :)

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

I'm a foreigner, guilty of at least 2 of these and plenty of other not listed. 😀

But I'm annoyed by writing too instead of to.

tenente · 100+, M

@CrazyMusicLover

hunkalove · 61-69, M

"Literally." I once had a boss tell me she was up all night reading and her eyes were literally falling out of her head.

DemureDeb · 56-60, F

When 'kindergarten' is pronounced 'kidneygarden'
Or someone pronounces the 's' in Illinois

Elessar · 26-30, M

Americans pronouncing Bologna (the city, not the salami) like Balooney

tenente · 100+, M

@Elessar

truegen

How come the 'who' instead of 'whom' and the 'women' instead of 'woman' are not in the list?

caPnAhab · 26-30, M

[i]I could care less[/i]

Could you? Or couldn't you?

LordShadowfire · 100+, M

@caPnAhab Exactly! Exactly this! If you [i]could[/i] care less, it means you [i]do[/i] care!

TrunkZ · 56-60, M

Covfefe. As in.... Flaming bag of covfefe 😬😬

tenente · 100+, M

@TrunkZ

ElwoodBlues · M

"Nucular" when it's actually "Nuclear."

SumKindaMunster · 51-55, M

Let me ax you a question.

tenente · 100+, M

@SumKindaMunster

helenS · 36-40, F

"awesome"

Jenny1234 · 51-55, F

Axed instead of asked

scorpiolovedeep · 46-50, M

So true @Jenny1234

PhoenixPhail · M

When someone says, or when I hear an outgoing message say, "Someone will be with you momentarily." NOOO!!! Someone will be with me [i]in a moment. [/i] If they're with me momentarily, as soon as they're with me, they'll be gone because they were with me [i]momentarily.[/i]

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

Tenant instead of tenet.

SW-User

Yes

tenente · 100+, M

@SW-User

neurodivirgin ·

honest

tenente · 100+, M

@neurodivirgin

sstronaut

"you[big]sss[/big] all"

DDonde · 31-35, M

I see 'gaslight' often misused.

It's an intent to drive someone crazy / trick them into feeling like they can't trust their own mind. It is not to trick someone into believing something, which is how I often see it used online.

Also the word "ignorance".