Nice one Einstein ; Right word, wrong meaning.

[Switchlurk]

The other day i was having a chat with some mates when the topic of hands came up, (yes i know i have really exciting conversations) and one of my mates said he was kinda amphibious. When questioned, he replied that he can kinda right with both hands, to which we replied, don't you mean ambidextrous? He said "wait, what?" to which we replied with, "Nice one, Einstein"

So have you run into a situation where someone had been using completely the wrong word?

 

[Mythos1092]

That's not the right word with the wrong meaning, that's the wrong word with the wrong meaning...

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[The Salty Vulcan]

To answer this question I need only direct you to the movie "The Goonies"

 

[Sevre]

Well one time a mate was talking to me about a girl he wanted to get revenge on and said "I'm going to seduce her to a piece of dirt!", the word he was looking for was "reduce".

 

[megapenguinx]

That's not the right word with the wrong meaning, that's the wrong word with the wrong meaning...

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No he has the right meaning, just not of the word he used.
Well considering I go to a state school, I hear people misuse the words "irony" and "sarcastic" alot.

 

[lostclause]

Had a conversation on a thread when someone said that part of what it is to be human is to have an exoskeleton. He meant just the way people look but it was fairly amusing.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

That's not the right word with the wrong meaning, that's the wrong word with the wrong meaning...

I deem this kinda as one of the lamest responses ever >.<

I'm sorry

Couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[Agema]

Using a similar-sounding but inaccurate word is "malapropism". It's not uncommon.

 

[Mythos1092]

Gah, I read that wrong. Guess I messed it up too. But yeah, backwards. Wrong word, right meaning.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

Having an amphibious friend would be the best thing ever because you know that when the rest of super power mutations are handed out you will get something cooler like flying to balance out the super friend team.

The correct response to this sort of situation isn't "Nice one Einstein." It's "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." In the words of Inigo Montoya.

 

[lostclause]

Having an amphibious friend would be the best thing ever because you know that when the rest of super power mutations are handed out you will get something cooler like flying to balance out the super friend team.

The correct response to this sort of situation isn't "Nice one Einstein." It's "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." In the words of Inigo Montoya.

Inconceivable!
I'd want something more interesting than flying. On second thought, I'll go with flying look where it got Angel (read way too much X-men)

 

[Datalord]

Well, i hate it when people say things like, This make me so aggravated, or, that peice of news aggravated him to the extreme.

PEOPLE cannot be aggravated, CONDITIONS can be aggravated, aggravated does not mean irritated, it means intensified.

An aggravation is not an irritation, but an irritation can be aggravated.

Exmple of correct usage:
The margarita aggravated her acute intermittent porphyria.

What words do people constantly misuse to your irritation, or to aggravated existing irritation. (it can be unintentional)

 

[The Blue Mongoose]

Relativity. Really Einstein should have called it "Absolutivity", because the speed of light does not change even if the object projecting it is in motion.

(Assuming a constant medium).

This is what you were talking about right?

 

[Aunel]

That's not the right word with the wrong meaning, that's the wrong word with the wrong meaning...

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shaslaam!, burn.
and did einstein first say Ambidextrous or Amphibious I do not know anything about the big science goons.

 

[OneHP]

A friend while explaining why he wasn't very good at things: "It's not my fault that I'm incontinent."

 

[Switchlurk]

That's not the right word with the wrong meaning, that's the wrong word with the wrong meaning...

EDIT: Oh, and welcome to the Escapist.

Its no the best, i just needed something that was at least relatively catchy.

 

[MrDeano89]

The other day i was having a chat with some mates when the topic of hands came up, (yes i know i have really exciting conversations) and one of my mates said he was kinda amphibious. When questioned, he replied that he can kinda right with both hands, to which we replied, don't you mean ambidextrous? He said "wait, what?" to which we replied with, "Nice one, Einstein"

So have you run into a situation where someone had been using completely the wrong word?

"he replied that he can kinda right with both hands"

you mean write?.... pretty much just did what you were complaining about

 

[EMFCRACKSHOT]

What i hate is when people (and everyine i know does this) use the word literally to say something isnt true. It pisses me off big time

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

That's not the right word with the wrong meaning, that's the wrong word with the wrong meaning...

I deem this kinda as one of the lamest responses ever >.<

I'm sorry

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Me too

Einstein?!? Where in God's name have you been? We were going to make you Fuhrer you know!

 

[Mr.Caine]

I love it when that happens. I just normally laugh about it.