<p>I could care less (but I will not?)</p>
<p>It is moot (but no longer relevant?)</p>
<p>I would add to this brilliant thread, but I’m too afraid of typing something wrong by mistake. (I’m not nearly as clever as marite and the other “offenders” before me!) Keep them coming!</p>
<p>“military intelligence”</p>
<p>“impacts” as a noun – The Weather Channel uses this one all the time – “as we discuss the impacts of this storm…”</p>
<p>“defense” as a verb – think football commentators</p>
<p>“come to decisions/resolution, etc. ‘around this issue’” – heard this all the time when I worked in a social services agency.</p>
<p>Mathmom: My DH says “Your point is well taken” ALL THE TIME. It’s from his debater days.</p>
<p>OOOHHHH! OOOH! OOOH! I have one!
If you’ve seen the Buzzword Bingo IBM commercial – it captures the theme of this thread perfectly!</p>
<p>Countingdown:</p>
<p>You mean impact as a verb: “The people impacted by Katrina went to Houston.” Makes it sound like they had an impacted tooth.</p>
<p>I also get annoyed by ad nauseum. I saw that spelling in a big headline. It’s ad nauseam and ad infinitum. Sic dixit marite.</p>
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<p>Humm, that sounds similar to the (incorrect) objections to the correct use of myriad as a noun. The more recent uses of impact as a verb or myriad as an adjective have not rendered the correct uses obsolete. </p>
<p>Now onto the differences between imply and infer. :)</p>
<p>Hmmm. Come to think of it, I’ve always been irritated by the use of the word “e-mail” as a noun. That is because I have tended to associate e-mailing with regular mailing. We do not say “Hey, I’ll send you a mail in a few days containing the contracts!”.</p>
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<p>Aye Aye! Better watch out for the short stick armed “sic” police.</p>
<p>“lay” used incorrectly instead of “lie”, as in “Go lay down” or “I was laying on the couch”.</p>
<p>“Free gift”</p>
<p>If it weren’t free it wouldn’t be a gift.</p>
<p>“…went missing”</p>
<p>Somehow the word “disappeared” went missing.</p>
<p>Newsman: “Little 4 year old Mary Smith of Kensington had quite a scare today”…aren’t all 4 year olds little? </p>
<p>Cops, at the crime scene, use “individual” or “perpetrator” rather than suspect or person or some other simpler term (not a great example). Use of words with the most syllables. </p>
<p>Politician, being interviewed, answers, “Look, …blah blah”. I find that “look” rude, no better than a “Listen up…” and it’s becoming more common.</p>
<p>I agree my alltime favorite is between Harry and I…I don’t care who says it, it makes me think that person wasn’t paying attention in 5th grade English.</p>
<p>“We are seeking a diverse group of dedicated reseachers to spearhead the development of our cloning program.”</p>
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You beat me to this. Or an impaction elsewhere.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, Patriot Nation has to give “It is what it is” a pass.</p>
<p>it literally, like, gets my goat when people use “myself” instead of “me” in pacific situations… :p</p>
<p>That’s a mute point.</p>
<p>“if your child does not turn in <em>their</em> paper on time, <em>they</em> will be suspended.” Ugh. I’d like to suspend anyone who mixes up the singular and the plural with such abandon. Maybe upside down?</p>
<p>If you are going to go into spelling I love it when people say it’s a mute point. Very, very quiet…</p>
<p>oops should have read ahead!</p>
<p>Oh ma ga </p>
<p>went missing</p>
<p>my bad</p>
<p>misuse of comprise</p>
<p>random</p>
<p>seriously??</p>
<p>sweet</p>
<p>Goodness, we don’t want to sic the cops on her. Let’s change it to</p>
<p>Also sprach Marite.</p>
<p>A thread for all and no one.</p>