Annoyingly misused words?
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Whilst? I'm sorry but care to elaborate? what's wrong with whilst? being a proper English word and all...WolfEdge said:
"Fail"
I hate the use of that word, people now use as sentence filler, like in situations where no one has unsuccessfully attempted a task. For example someone described, a move in football (soccer) where someone crossed the ball for someone else to head in, as a fail because he didn't get his "shot" on target. I felt a strong urge to punch him.
"Fit"
Some of my friends(actually it's only two, and ones only saying it because he's stuck up the other ones arse), now not only describe members of the opposite sex as "fit", but describe objects, or situations that affect them positivly as "Fit".
"Sat"
You are not sat down, you are sitting down. This and all other mixing of past and present.
I hate the use of that word, people now use as sentence filler, like in situations where no one has unsuccessfully attempted a task. For example someone described, a move in football (soccer) where someone crossed the ball for someone else to head in, as a fail because he didn't get his "shot" on target. I felt a strong urge to punch him.
"Fit"
Some of my friends(actually it's only two, and ones only saying it because he's stuck up the other ones arse), now not only describe members of the opposite sex as "fit", but describe objects, or situations that affect them positivly as "Fit".
"Sat"
You are not sat down, you are sitting down. This and all other mixing of past and present.
I hate how my religion uses certain words in ways that they don't mean now or try(and fail) to sound archaic and flowery.
Examples:
1. It's not called a font any more. In fact, look at the thing. It isn't even a FOUNTAIN. It is a basin.
2. Adultery does not mean sex, pastor. It means cheating on your spouse or being the one cheated with.
3. Communion? Really? With whom? No one is conversing, merely introspecting and eating crackers. Symbolism aside, you are not talking. (not disrespecting the sacrament, merely the word)
4. You're really going to call it a tree? It is a cross. A pair of crossed beams. Also, it is NOT a crucifix unless there is a body on it.
5. I helped teach a children's ministry for a year and this one simply annoyed me with its PAINFUL overuse. The Bible is sometimes metaphorically referred to as "the sword of God." Okay. But telling the kids to "get their swords out" at the behest of the program director made me cringe. There's metaphore, then there's cheesiness so thick I can smell it.
The rest of my biggest cringes are further abuses of metaphors.
Fun rant of the night: Fornication did not mean "extramarital sex" when the apostle Paul used the word. It meant "to take(use) a prostitute," and was a slang word derived from how prostitutes in Rome would congregate under arches, fornix meaning "arch." The Catholic Church decided at some point that all sex(except what the Church condoned-haha!) was fornication, and that married believers would need permission from the Church to breed without sin. This was repealed, but replaced with a definition that only in marriage was sex not fornication. This sudden burst of prudishness is exemplified in the decision that priests chould be celibate.
Examples:
1. It's not called a font any more. In fact, look at the thing. It isn't even a FOUNTAIN. It is a basin.
2. Adultery does not mean sex, pastor. It means cheating on your spouse or being the one cheated with.
3. Communion? Really? With whom? No one is conversing, merely introspecting and eating crackers. Symbolism aside, you are not talking. (not disrespecting the sacrament, merely the word)
4. You're really going to call it a tree? It is a cross. A pair of crossed beams. Also, it is NOT a crucifix unless there is a body on it.
5. I helped teach a children's ministry for a year and this one simply annoyed me with its PAINFUL overuse. The Bible is sometimes metaphorically referred to as "the sword of God." Okay. But telling the kids to "get their swords out" at the behest of the program director made me cringe. There's metaphore, then there's cheesiness so thick I can smell it.
The rest of my biggest cringes are further abuses of metaphors.
Fun rant of the night: Fornication did not mean "extramarital sex" when the apostle Paul used the word. It meant "to take(use) a prostitute," and was a slang word derived from how prostitutes in Rome would congregate under arches, fornix meaning "arch." The Catholic Church decided at some point that all sex(except what the Church condoned-haha!) was fornication, and that married believers would need permission from the Church to breed without sin. This was repealed, but replaced with a definition that only in marriage was sex not fornication. This sudden burst of prudishness is exemplified in the decision that priests chould be celibate.
I don't hate it because it's not a word, I hate it because of what it DOES to people.
A person only uses that word when they want to be smart. It's especially telling when the language surrounding it is nowhere near as sophisticated as 'whilst' itself is. I read that term in a post, and I immediately imagine a person looking down their nose while they talk.
See? I used 'while' instead of 'whilst' back there; a perfectly acceptable substitute, and I sound much less prick-ish for the effort.
I read bits of the first page, then skipped ahead and read bits of the 8th, so this has probably been said already, but here's my 2 cents worth:
"Like" - I really cannot express how annoying this is. Listening to people have a conversation, and they continually say, "I was like", "she was like", "it was like", etc, etc... You can't just say what happened? "He was like..." Oh, so that's not what happened, but it's similar to, right? My word, it is extremely frustrating.
"Loose" - People use this instead of "lose". They are not remotely related. How these kids have not learnt how to spell properly astounds me. It's really not that hard.
"Has" - I'm not sure where this started, I'm guessing from that website "I can has cheeseburger" or whatever it's called. I don't really care, but the way that kids have taken to it is beyond belief. It's really not that hard to say, "can I have....?" It's not cute. It's irritating.
"lol" - I know innumerable amounts of people who, instead of laughing, just say lol. GRRRRAAAARGGGHHH- *head explodes*
Basic grammar as a whole seems to have been on the downslope for a while now. It's hard to understand. It's not that difficult, is it? -_-
"Like" - I really cannot express how annoying this is. Listening to people have a conversation, and they continually say, "I was like", "she was like", "it was like", etc, etc... You can't just say what happened? "He was like..." Oh, so that's not what happened, but it's similar to, right? My word, it is extremely frustrating.
"Loose" - People use this instead of "lose". They are not remotely related. How these kids have not learnt how to spell properly astounds me. It's really not that hard.
"Has" - I'm not sure where this started, I'm guessing from that website "I can has cheeseburger" or whatever it's called. I don't really care, but the way that kids have taken to it is beyond belief. It's really not that hard to say, "can I have....?" It's not cute. It's irritating.
"lol" - I know innumerable amounts of people who, instead of laughing, just say lol. GRRRRAAAARGGGHHH- *head explodes*
Basic grammar as a whole seems to have been on the downslope for a while now. It's hard to understand. It's not that difficult, is it? -_-
Somebody probably said this already, but for me, it's "literally."
"Oh my gosh, he jumped out at me, and I literally died!!!!!!11!!1"
No, you didn't. Calm down or shut up.
"Oh my gosh, he jumped out at me, and I literally died!!!!!!11!!1"
No, you didn't. Calm down or shut up.
Strange, I use whilst instead of while a lot of the time (though more in speech then text) because it's what I'm used to :/WolfEdge said:
Anyone who actually says 'lol' instead of laughing in real life needs throttling.
Also, the misuse of 'irony/ironic' and the abuse of the difference between 'discreet' and 'discrete'. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.
Also people who write 'alot' as one word like that. IT IS TWO WORDS.
Also, people who use all caps to express their irritation - IT IS UNNECESSA- oops... ;-P
Also, the misuse of 'irony/ironic' and the abuse of the difference between 'discreet' and 'discrete'. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.
Also people who write 'alot' as one word like that. IT IS TWO WORDS.
Also, people who use all caps to express their irritation - IT IS UNNECESSA- oops... ;-P
