Back when I was growing up, the word "pissah" was commonly used to take place of "great". I didn't care for it, I just kept saying "great"...so what if I stood out in a crowd.
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing the link. I'm sure it will still drive me crazy when I hear it next lol.
Maybe, but what percentage of people use it properly, or even know the correct definition of "Supposably". I'm still on the fence with this one.
I am not defending those folks which are not using it correctly and most likely want a different word. I learned it on a morning commute radio show a few years ago. It surprised me as well.
Ahem... "who/whom" or "that" in reference to people. Preferably "who/whom." "Which/ that which" is only used for non-people in that context. #grammar_police.
"Whenever," where the declarant intends to say "when." As in "whenever I went there the first time, it was beautiful!" I think this is a midwest thang. "Thang" instead of "thing," but I *use* that one! - Bax
Well, it is supposable that I have unfairly misjudged those who supposedly do not know the difference. Thank you for that article!!!
Likewise, people frequently say "can't be underestimated" when they mean "shouldn't be underestimated" . The first one means "worthless" . The second means "significantly stronger than one would expect" .
"suspect" is a word I've only heard used correctly by the news media maybe a dozen times over the past 50 years. If the first person that gets arrested for a crime, is the wrong person, then everything that the news said about what the suspect did was a lie.
"911" has a funny history;.....watched someone on TV refer to 9-1-1 as "Nine-eleven". I have yet to see someone refer to September 11 as "Nine-one-one".
I heard an interesting conflation yesterday. My sister described someone having mixed up "patootie" and "tush" to make "patushie".