Commonly Used Words That Don't Exist

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.

 

No means No Napoleon Dynamite!

 

"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.

 

I may never get over the fact that “ginormous” has made it into the dictionary.

 

I hope "egantic" follows suit.

 

But not hugenormous?

 

That one is an example of "one word sliding into two".

 

Moderates.

 

I can't read "okay" without wondering how they would spell "911"

 

"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".

 

And when people stop saying that, it'll be taken out. You saw that here.

 

I heard an interesting conflation yesterday. My sister described someone having mixed up "patootie" and "tush" to make "patushie".