For me it's when people say 'Homophobic'. Practically every time I hear someone say that, it's being wrongly used. I don't even bother to correct people any more.interspark said:the word "gay" as an insult. it insults gays, linguists, the speaker's intelligence but not the actual person being insulted
In the song Jesus of Suburbia by Greenday.theSovietConnection said:Please, will someone tell me where you see or hear "Could care less"? The only time I ever see that is in these threads.
Love it! Absolute class.wolf92 said:The Word Inconceivable
It does not mean what you think it means
Arm or leg?Ampersand said:I'm dyslexic, give me a break o_o'viper3 said:No, but your use of 'spoken' kind of stuck out.Ampersand said:Language is supposed to played with, the little flourishes people add to their own spocken word doesn't do any harm.
Do you think anyone gives two shits that I constantly miss use the word Groovy?
Ahh, that explains that, then. I tend to avoid their music, it infuriates me for reasons I'm uncertain of.Lion_Slicer said:In the song Jesus of Suburbia by Greenday.theSovietConnection said:Please, will someone tell me where you see or hear "Could care less"? The only time I ever see that is in these threads.
it means people who discriminate or otherwise disrespect others for being gay, right? what do people you know use it to mean?Daffy F said:For me it's when people say 'Homophobic'. Practically every time I hear someone say that, it's being wrongly used. I don't even bother to correct people any more.interspark said:the word "gay" as an insult. it insults gays, linguists, the speaker's intelligence but not the actual person being insulted
Love has many meanings. Are you suggesting people don't use it unless referring to meaning number 1?Sampler said:Love - people through it around all the time when they mean physical attraction or are in lust when it comes to members of the opposite sex; to love somebody you must truly know somebody not just want to pork them as they have nice tits.
It really starts to irk me when applied to physical items, "I love this new Black Ops game" - no you don't, you may like it a great deal but you do not love it, especially if you're on facebook five minutes later bitching about the online bugs.
The main reason for my loathing of the use of love is it cheapens the meaning, when it's tossed about so carelessly then when it's come to be used for it's real reason its meaning is that much less - "I love you" when told to your spouse would probably have more weight if you hadn't minutes earlier said "I'd love a Dominoes right about now".
"Phobic" means a fear of something. "Homophobic" is used to mean a fear of homosexuals. However, "homo" means "same" so it really means fear of the same.interspark said:it means people who discriminate or otherwise disrespect others for being gay, right? what do people you know use it to mean?Daffy F said:For me it's when people say 'Homophobic'. Practically every time I hear someone say that, it's being wrongly used. I don't even bother to correct people any more.interspark said:the word "gay" as an insult. it insults gays, linguists, the speaker's intelligence but not the actual person being insulted
Writ is a word but it doesn't mean what the majority of people who right it think it does.Eekaida said:ALSO THIS! Writ, drawed, sleeped...THESE ARE NOT WORDS! I can only forgive non-english speakers for words like this.Count Igor said:And all past/present/future mix ups (They may say "I writ that" not "I wrote that" and the suchlike)