Words you’re currently sick of seeing misused

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Junior_BentsPlatformShoes

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I know I’m a middle aged man now and generally everything irritates me. At the moment though, it’s the use of words out of context.

I’ll get the ball rolling with ‘brutal’. Every fecking article online uses it regularly, and badly. Roy Keane comments that somebody didn’t have a great game - its reported as ‘brutal put down’. Brutal is something to describe actions in the Ukraine at the minute, not Roy Keane saying something that’s slightly fecking negative.
Any other words used badly?
 
The word ‘innit.’ I overheard a boy of about 15 saying to his mate, “we’re all going to the park, do you wanna come with.. innit.”

Would have been perfectly fine though if he’d said “it’s hot today, innit!”
 
Fings, Free (3) vis n vat,

Tee is a letter in the alphabet, but never used at the beginning of any words anymore, even the BBC are guilty

the youff of today kant speak propper innit
 
"Listen" as a prefix to answering a question.

I am listening you dick, I asked you a question.

E.g.

Are you happy with the point?

Listen, we always want 3 points but it's a tough place to come.
 
‘Need’.

Completely overused. Classic is “I need a holiday”. Want or would like a holiday is appropriate, need very unlikely.
A person sheltering in Mariupol could argue a need for fresh water or medical provisions - it’s a matter of life or death. As opposed to having a hard time at work and wanting to be away from that.

Kids ‘needing’ a new phone etc

BlackpoolJord needing a new manager and owner…..
 
‘Another level’ is perhaps not misused but is definitely something overused to describe something that is a bit better than something else.
 
Have a couple of mates who say they are for example "weary of playing the mighty"... when they mean wary.

Really stiffens my bristles!
 
Absolutely, meaning I agree

At this moment in time (more that one word) meaning, now

No problem, why would it be when I asked for chips with that?

Exciting, as in exciting offer............but it never is
 
Using slang words which don’t shorten… for example “ brekkie” for “breakfast”…isn’t shortening the word…now if you said “scran” that is shortening the word….🤣
 
Killingmesoftly said:
Using slang words which don’t shorten… for example “ brekkie” for “breakfast”…isn’t shortening the word…now if you said “scran” that is shortening the word….🤣
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Listen, its not shortening the word breakfast its using another word innit. Like, I should of had scran so now I'll need to get dinner early.
Its quiet easy to work out to be honest. But only if your paying attention.
 
"Amazing". Its used by all and sundry to describe almost anything that someone likes.
Example -
My daughters friend said that the toast we made her was "amazing". Now she's either lead a sheltered life as far as food is concerned, but it was only toast !!
I was amazed
 
Junior_BentsPlatformShoes said:
I know I’m a middle aged man now and generally everything irritates me. At the moment though, it’s the use of words out of context.

I’ll get the ball rolling with ‘brutal’. Every fecking article online uses it regularly, and badly. Roy Keane comments that somebody didn’t have a great game - its reported as ‘brutal put down’. Brutal is something to describe actions in the Ukraine at the minute, not Roy Keane saying something that’s slightly fecking negative.
Any other words used badly?
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"My bad".

Your bad what?

It's a frigging adjective, not a noun. When did some illiterate fool decide to turn it into a noun?!
 
1966_and_all_that said:
Listen, its not shortening the word breakfast its using another word innit. Like, I should of had scran so now I'll need to get dinner early.
Its quiet easy to work out to be honest. But only if your paying attention.
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Hey, 1966, you hit one of my pet hates.........your instead of you're.
 
Coinslot said:
You know drives me mad. An ex boss of mine would use it a lot. I decided to count how many times she said it in the first ten minutes of a meeting (this simple activity was far more interesting than listening to whatever she was droning on about)


38 times.
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There are many footballers who do the y know routine. It’s embarrassingly hilarious 😆
 
td53 said:
"Listen" as a prefix to answering a question.

I am listening you dick, I asked you a question.

E.g.

Are you happy with the point?

Listen, we always want 3 points but it's a tough place to come.
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Politicians and Graeme Souness are guilty of this, like you point out, they are talking why wouldn't I be listening!!
 
“Absolutely” especially by the current batch of Ministers, as in
“Absolutely we will solve the migrant crisis”
“Absolutely we will listen to concerns over energy prices”
“We will absolutely let you know if the PM is issued with an FPN”
Etc. Etc. Absolutely Etc.
 
it's definIte not definAte.

That said the older I get the more spelling mistakes or getting the word wrong eg their, there, I'm making and I'm having to quickly edit much more than I used to. Used to be pretty much spot on a few years back.
 
Bluecabinboy said:
‘Cheeky’, as in ‘We called into the pub for a cheeky pint’.

What, pray tell, was fkg ‘cheeky’ about said beverage?
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As already stated - loose instead of lose , what's that all about . And maybe not a word as such , people using ect instead of etc . It's short for et cetera obviously .
 
ansdellmafia said:
As already stated - loose instead of lose , what's that all about . And maybe not a word as such , people using ect instead of etc . It's short for et cetera obviously .
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Don't assume anything to be obvious in the world of spelling and grammar. A teacher in 6th form told us never to use etc. It shows you're bluffing. If you have other things to say then say them.
 
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