"Guesstimate" is fucking stupid not because it's a portmanteau, or because one word is exact and the other vague but because they mean the exact same thing. That said, we do need a moratorium on portmanteaux until people can agree that the given names of a celebrity couple do not, when combined, give birth to an entirely new entity worthy of its own name.Meriatressia said:There are a lot I hate.
Combined words. I really hate stupid combined words.
Like guestimate.
It's not the same as portmanteaus used for a reason. Like 'gorn', which is gore and porn.
It's just nonsensical words that make no sense. They actually weaken adn contradict the words.
Guestimate, is really stupid. Estimate is a exact word. Guess is a vague word.
Apart from poor grammar and spelling, circular logic and unthinking conformity are major frustrations of mine, but in terms of phrases, my bugbear is the confusion over "amount" and "number". Also when people misuse a word in a way that devalues it. For examples, see "unique", and any parallel to the Nazis which doesn't really involve totalitarian racists.