Commonly Used Words That Don't Exist

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  1. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    The English language is seriously butchered, today. There are many commonly used words, and phrases, that make no sense, or are made up.
    Here is one that makes me cringe:
    Irregardless. This is a made up word, that seems to combine "Regardless", and "Irrespective".
     
  2. ewk

    ewk Well-Known Member

    Use of the tortured verb "addicting" instead of the adjective "addictive."
     
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  3. gorgo2

    gorgo2 geezerhood

    Fremulent.
     
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  4. brit

    brit in a box

    proficient
     
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  5. Lancre

    Lancre Well-Known Member

    Frenemy
     
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  6. John Beeman

    John Beeman Little chicken in hot water

  7. ewk

    ewk Well-Known Member

    But it should be. English could use a second person singluar/plural distinction.
     
  8. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    There is.
    "y'all" is singular, "all y'all" is plural. :cool:
     
  9. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    You being a Northerner, probably don't know this is a contraction of "you all". But it should be y'all, with the apostrophe.
     
  10. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    For all y'all Yankees, freezing your butts off right now.
    "Yous Guys". What's up with that?
     
  11. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    This is a real word.

    “Gonna” and “wanna” are not.
     
  12. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    The "Ir" and "less knock themselves out.
     
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  13. Paul Turner

    Paul Turner outside the quote(s) now

    I'm getting tired of "I'm going to totally do that".
     
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  14. DrStrange

    DrStrange Well-Known Member

    All words are made up

     
  15. Frijolero

    Frijolero Well-Known Member

    And then there's the Pittsburgh variant of that: yinz.
     
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  16. ewk

    ewk Well-Known Member

    Hard to apply rules to a "non-word." :) :) In my quest to get the word established in proper English lexio-graffy, I would be willing to forego the apostrophe in light of common practice of dropping punctuation in text messages, etc.
     
  17. brit

    brit in a box

    in my world,they are regarded as slang..:)
     
  18. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    Webster says they're real

    gonna
    gon·na | \ ˈgə-nə , gə-nə \
    Definition of gonna
    —used for "going to" in informal speech and in representations of such speech"It's not gonna be easy.""They're gonna get married in July.""I felt like something bad was gonna happen."


    Just sayin'
     
  19. ewk

    ewk Well-Known Member

    The Queen disapproves.
    queen_disapproves.jpg
     
  20. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    "Fixin' to" with the meaning of "gonna".
     

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