What's in a word?

Unless you're in the UK, in which "In the loo of..." makes perfect sense.

 

I had a manager once who constantly used "behoove" when he meant "confound." I suggested that it would behoove him to check a dictionary, but he was confounded by that suggestion.

 

Have you ever seen "In light of flowers......" at the end of an obituary?

 

How about the way words can get emphasized in different ways, when they shouldn't? Example: "That wasn't THIRTY-five years ago, it was thirty-NINE".

 

No. Have you?

 

Letters.

 

But, "for all intensive purposes", it's practically the same meaning.

Or not.

 

irregardless (or is it: in-regardless?), you've made your point mute.

 

no

 

Still has thorns?

 

there must be an easier way to say "for all intents and purposes"

 

"for all TeePees and uses"

"teepees", that's where Indians live, intents!

 

So... "for all in tents" and purposes is wrong? What if I'm out camping??!

 

All in tents who's going in tents!

 

I think I'll just run up a flagpole and see who salutes.

 

Never tried running up a flagpole, myself.

 

It is if you are camping near the beach, where you can see Dolphins. Then it's "for all in tents and porpoises."

 

winner!

 

I may have done a complaint(er..POST lol)about this one-I never understood the phrase "at the end of thhe day". At the end of the day, I'm in bed!!!

For me, personally, I prefer a phrase closer to the meaning of the message, like "in the final analysis" or "in the end". I believe the word "day" shouldn't pertain to the overall message. Can you imagine the Beatles song titled "The End" sounding like..."And.....at the end of the day.........the love you take....is e-qual to the loooove you make". This writer can't.

 

I agree on all of these, but one. "Told" is the positive of "untold" and is used as such, as in "Twice-told tales."