Wrong words that get to you.

[brrapp]

The one that's getting to me just now is 'decimated'.
It means reduced in size/value/number by a tenth, FFS.
I've just heard someone state that they were 'decimated' by something their wife said . Really?

What badly used words get to you?

[Alex_225]

The word long.

It seems that to the yoofs that the word long indicates something bad. "That was well long"

D*ckheads!

[DRFC1879]

I try not to let myself get wound up but the following piss me off:

- Won instead of beat.
"I won my mate at darts." Really? What are going to do, have him mounted and stick him on the mantelpiece?

- Lend instead of borrow.
"Can I lend a fiver?" Of course you can, it's your money so lend it to whomsoever you desire.

- Of instead of have/contraction 've
"I should of avoided this thread as it's doing my head in now". Makes no sense whatsoever.

- Drowned instead of drown
"Get away from the edge Jayden, if you fall in you'll drowned" or even "I fell in and nearly drowneded". Utter nonsense.

Oh and finally for now:
- Pence instead of penny.
"I've only got one pence left". Facepalm.

[PurpleMoonlight]

Crisis.

Everything is in fking crisis these days.

[Morningside]

He learnt me to do that.

[xjay1337]

See a lot of your/you're which is my biggest peev.
Not that bothered about spelling as long as I can make sense.

[rossub]

Brought when they mean bought

Seen when they mean saw

Frigging retards

[PurpleMoonlight]

Oh, and license.

On a motoring forum as well ..

[Wobbegong]

can you be pacific on why these words get to you?

[princealbert23]

Two ones currently infesting the BBC and public sector in general 'challenging' instead of hard and 'problematic' instead of difficult. Look out too for 'resilience' cropping up more often.

[droopsnoot]

Broke, when it should be broken. As in "my printer is broke".

But also using "broken" to describe things like Britain, the NHS, the housing market and whatever else is the current media trend.

[Raddors]

Using "myself" and "yourself" in an attempt to sound formal where you/me/I would be perfectly acceptable.

For example I had this recently: It would be great to hear from yourself on the email sent from myself last week.

[louiebaby]

Losing / loosing.

I was sat in a day-long presentation from an industry expert, which was excellent. He truly was an industry expert, very knowledgeable, and very engaging.

But he kept using loosing in his presentation. I very nearly loost the plot.

[mmm-five]

brrapp said:

The one that's getting to me just now is 'decimated'.
It means reduced in size/value/number by a tenth, FFS.
I've just heard someone state that they were 'decimated' by something their wife said . Really?

What badly used words get to you?

Not that one, as you're just using the historical definition of 'decimated'...

Oxford Dictionary link

decimate
/ˈdɛsɪmeɪt/

verb

1.
kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.
"the inhabitants of the country had been decimated"
drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something).
"public transport has been decimated"

2.
historical
kill one in every ten of (a group of people, originally a mutinous Roman legion) as a punishment for the whole group.
"the man who is to determine whether it be necessary to decimate a large body of mutineers"

[DRFC1879]

rossub said:

Brought when they mean bought

I had a customer who did this all the time. Her job? Buyer. FFS.

[fat80b]

louiebaby said:

Losing / loosing.

This is my pet hate at the moment, along with there, their and they're as well as the Americanization of words.

That said, the English language evolves and sometimes you have to get with it, perhaps we should all start using Zees everywhere as that battle is clearly loost.

[BigMacDaddy]

"I could care less" when meaning "I couldn't care less".

Fantastic, so you do care somewhat then.

Cretins

[FoxtrotOscar1]

"I hurted my leg. "

[brrapp]

mmm-five said:

Not that one, as you're just using the historical definition of 'decimated'...

I must be historical then (I suppose I am getting on a bit) as that's the definition I learnt at school.

[alock]

DRFC1879 said:

"I fell in and nearly drowneded".

Hanglidididid