expressions or tems that you should not say:

[flopshot]

my wife was raised 'mid western country girl' style. she'll tell me "supper's ready, want me to fix you a plate?"
nah, i'll just get one out of the cabinet that's not broken. then i run from the plate that's about to "need fixed".

gotta get back to work. ya'll "cut the light off" when you leave.....

 

[thechickenchick]

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Guilty!!

 

[speckledhen]

My sons would go nuts when their grandpa told one of them to "mash that lightswitch for me".

 

[rhondapiper]

I work in a technical field, and people say verbage all the time.

It isn't a word and they sound like morons. Wording, that's the word they want. Verbage does not exist, and it's closest match, verbiage, means overly wordy and probably pointless prose.

Also, utilize. Utilize does not impart any more meaning than use, adds nothing to a sentence, and sounds like corporate-speak.

We have perfectly good words that work, but something about this techie corporate culture makes people insist on misspeaking or overspeaking to sound smart.

Don't even get me started on 'literally' when you mean 'figuratively'.

 

[sparkles2307]

Oh I like "irrigardless" when they should be saying "regardless"....

 

[Pupsnpullets]

the use of 'resignate' instead of resonate

 

[JennsPeeps]

I opened this thread with a couple in mind & have forgotten them!!

This morning on the news the reporter was announcing the national championship of the University of Washington women's softball team. Then he said, "Way to go, guys".

Gee, I thought it was a team made up exclusively of women.

Oh, and there's no "r" in Washington.

 

[Equus5O]

I'm at work, and haven't read all of this. Forgive me if I repeat anything.

"My house was robbed."

No, it wasn't. It was burglarized. You, as a person, can be robbed. Your house, as a structure, cannot.

"I don't pacifically know what time it was robbed."
I didn't ask what time zone you're in. I asked what time the crime took place.

"My baby daddy done fell out and he's disorientated."
Do I really need to explain this one?

 

[Equus5O]

I thought of another one ...

"The deer are weary this time of year."

They're tired?

It's a cross between wary and leary. LMAO

 

[Rolsjo]

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This one is hilarious. My husband used to work in the ER at a city hospital and they heard "Done Fell Out" so often they started to abbreviate it on the board as "DFO".