I'll start with literally and decimate both of which are misused regularly , I find it mildly irritating but it's not ruining my life . 😉
When you say 'intended' - who's intention are we talking about?
Caesars
strong and stable leadership
coalition of chaos
Actually the OED was updated last year with an additional definition of literally (as in figuratively), eg "I literally died".
A significant part of me did die. Literally.
"Disinterested" annoys me, people use it as synonymously with uninterested, but they're not the same.
Nazi.
Jealous and envious. I wish people would learn the difference.
Me, myself and I
Infer/imply
Also... "hence why".
*NICK SMASH*
apocalypse, nightmare and living(wage)
Sick
Stoked.
Gay
It was an inevitability, surely??
Rubber, Dutch oven, stroke (medical & ****ing), abseiling, knockers, back doors, Center Parcs.
Will that do?
decimate both of which are misused regularly
If you're mildly irritated by "decimate" not meaning the Roman Legion "reduce by a tenth" your mild irritation is misguided. Decimate means "to tithe", it's to do with collecting taxes.
Literally.
luxury, pro, almost anything used by advertisers. gits - all of them
Tragedy
Tragic
who's intention
Yes, who is he (or is it a she)?
Whose responsibility is it to tell us?
Regular.
I don't buy my bleeding chips or coffee here on a regular basis so stop asking me if I want that or large.
Fender.
You use them to keep coal from landing on your hearth mat or your boat from banging against the keep. They are useless at keeping mud off your arse.
Seeing as this is ostensibly a cycling forum - peddle and pedal...
and break and brake. Unless you actually break a brake.
Epic
OCD
always wonder why awful means what it means, because it strikes me that its use is the opposite of what it actually means if you deconstruct the word.
Worse/worst.
Who/whom.
always wonder why awful means what it means, because it strikes me that its use is the opposite of what it actually means
Thanks for that, that's the sort of linguistic wrangling that keeps me awake at night. See also, flammable and inflammable.
OCD
This x many!!
An equal quantity of many 
See also: autistic - as in "a bit"
Spelling mistakes should be discounted here. Peddle/pedal is just someone who can't spell.
Which leads me to another - Dyslexia.
It doesn't mean you're a stupid thicko who can't spell.
"Deceptively", but mainly because there is no accepted consensus on what it actually does mean. Using it is deceptively risky.
If you're mildly irritated by "decimate" not meaning the Roman Legion "reduce by a tenth" your mild irritation is misguided. Decimate means "to tithe", it's to do with collecting taxes.
Both of which would be "historical" definitions.
Pretty much everyone uses it correctly, according to the current OED definition.
I'd go as far as to say, anyone that pretends to be irritated by people using it "incorrectly" is just looking for an excuse to sound clever. (Because they watched an episode of QI and remembered a bit of it)
But they are basically wrong. As the current definition shows.
Steed
of
as in could of, should of
brought
when used to signify a purchase
traditional
when referring to something which has happened twice before
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Rig.
Chief.
Weapon.
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engineer
Loose. But that's just people who can't spell 'lose', & they know who they are. ****s.
'I keep my keys in a zipped pocket so I don't loose them'
GGRRRR!! 👿
Nearly as bad as drivers who stop at roundabouts when there's nothing to stop for.
Hero .
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Electrocute.
engineer
Yes indeed.
Stunning - when used by estate agents.
Tremendous - when used by donald trump.
Most superlatives.
Vertigo
I don't know if it's improper use but "surreal" seems to be getting over-used these days espeially by thicko sportsmen and women when being interviewed having just won something. Like they haven't been living and breathing this moment for the last several years of their existance.
"I'll give it 110%" also grinds in similar circumstances. What's to stop an opponent giving 200% and beating them then?
The answer to this post is "like".......
most overheard conversations these days are along the lines of:
"....and she was like yeah but, and he was like driving, she was like saying like like like....."
Drone mounted lasers to be deployed to control this horrible and lazy trait.
Have we had "Bigly" yet?
So
Which seems to start lots of answers to questions these days usually in sentences that end ",like" or "y'get me?"
Super
Enormity
Quiver (of bikes)
nealglover - Member
If you're mildly irritated by "decimate" not meaning the Roman Legion "reduce by a tenth" your mild irritation is misguided. Decimate means "to tithe", it's to do with collecting taxes.
Both of which would be "historical" definitions.Pretty much everyone uses it correctly, according to the current OED definition.
I'd go as far as to say, anyone that pretends to be irritated by people using it "incorrectly" is just looking for an excuse to sound clever. (Because they watched an episode of QI and remembered a bit of it)
Blimey it was just an example , good job I didn't use myriad .
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My mini rantette was more aimed at a guy I work with who is constantly "correcting" people about this sort of stuff. Half of what he says is wrong but nobody can be arsed anymore to tell him.
This just makes him worse though as he now thinks he is the only person who knows anything 😕
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Can I get disinterested and uninterested. Like, I am good.
summit and medal now turned into verbs to summit and to medal... really? didnt get that memo.
"Going forward" really boils my piss; there's an air of absolution about it that I find disdainful.
"Word!!"
Horrorshow.
Cougar - Moderator
Thanks for that, that's the sort of linguistic wrangling that keeps me awake at night. See also, flammable and inflammable.
70's electrical manuals:
'Depress the button'.
Eh?
Press it?
Release it if already pressed?
Buy it a subscription?
Genius.
Artist, often used to describe non creative types.
Flavour, is a problem for me. I think it should only be used to describe taste. I know it can be used to describe the atmosphere of a place but it doesn't sit right with me. To make matters worse it appears it is written in the contracts of all BBC news reporters to use " flavour " as much as possible to describe anything other than taste.
I beg your pardon?
You are pardoned.
Ruler.
For fu**ing measuring.
Miracle used to mean an inexplicable event requiring divine intervention. Now it is used mainly to describe any medical cure.
[i]"I could care less"[/i]
Could you? Oh that's good. For a moment there I thought you didn't care. Turns out that you [i]do[/i] in fact care, but admit that it would be possible for you to care less than you currently do.
Not quite on topic but I am a member of the local library and most of the books I take out somebody has decided to put lines through words that they think are incorrectly used and put in what they think is correct . Really pisses me off , firstly it's not your book leave it alone , secondly I'm not sure if most of what they think they are correcting is wrong in the first place .
Oh and [i]"pacific"/"pacifically"[/i] can get in the sea too while we are at it.
My mate says touche when someone says something funny. Drives me nuts but feels like I'd be being a know-it-all prick to correct him.
When a person being interviewed says look when they mean listen. Either word is rude and patronising (what do you think I'm doing?) but looking at you even more carefully isn't going to help you win your argument.
My mate says touche when someone says something funny. Drives me nuts but feels like I'd be being a know-it-all prick to correct him.
Do you mean touché?
Yours,
A know-it-all prick.
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When a person being interviewed says look when they mean listen.
Cameron was always a big fan of this and it seems to have spread to other politicians lately. [i]"Look, I'm not here to.."[/i]
I think it's supposed to be some kind of faux-straight talking man-in-the-street thing.
On the same theme, the use of the word [i]"Honestly"[/i] by politicians. As if to highlight that most of what they say is not honest.
Oh and "pacific"/"pacifically" can get in the sea too while we are at it.
Can it not "get in the ocean" instead. Just to keep things accurate.
Retro.
GrahamS - MemberCameron was always a big fan of this
It's why he keeps getting knocked down crossing the road.
But in the same vein, "fair". Whenever a Tory says it, it means someone's going to die for no reason.
Or "fair" when motorists use it, to mean that when there is a safety initiative to try to stop drivers killing people, the same level of policing effort should be put into enforcing laws for those road users who don't kill other people.
Super used a prefix to an adjective.
"OMG our meal was super tasty"
"Those shoes are super gorgeous"
Etc.
False ****ers.
For sure. May be understandable although unacceptable from a non English speaking euro type but other wise it's horrid.
I am guilty of both "for sure" and "super". Though mostly because I spend so much time dealing with kids, I say "for sure" a lot when speaking to kids from overseas- english language tuition tends to be a little americanised anyway but also it's a nice simple way of reinforcing a point.
@derek - you can (probably) thank, or blame, Cav for that; super happy or super excited.