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There's... David Brent. I don't suppose he counts. And Brent Musberger.
I believe the Conchords have that extra h to make a musical pun, Beatles-styles.
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Members of the community are cordially invited to now come up with examples of words whose "wrong" meaning has become generally accepted through sheer currency in the language.
Bimbo - I seem to remember this meant a silly person, if not specifically a man as late as the 1980s.
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Anyone brought up the usurpation of `uninterested' by `disinterested' - makes this old pedant want to go postal...
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Anyone brought up the usurpation of `uninterested' by `disinterested' - makes this old pedant want to go postal...
I also hate that and I don't consider myself that pedantic.
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Me three on the uninterested/disinterested thing. Ack!
Uninterested: not interested
Disinterested: unbiasedHow hard is that to remember? Seriously!
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My pet peeve is the increasing use of "orientated", a back derivation from "orientation", when the perfectly serviceable (and shorter), "oriented" could (should ?) always be used.
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"Invite" employed as a noun.
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My pet peeve is the increasing use of "orientated"
Perhaps people use orientated because oriented might seem more like Oriented, suggesting something to do with the Orient.
"Invite" employed as a noun.
Well, you won't be receiving an invite to the Nouning Verbs Society's annual ball.
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3410,
My pet peeve is the increasing use of "orientated", a back derivation from "orientation"
I recently heard an American politician use the "word" "evolutionized", for "evolved"
@ Emma Hart,
re: "either" being singular.
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Well, you won't be receiving an invite to the Nouning Verbs Society's annual ball.
..or from its rival organisation, the Verbing Nouns Association. This year we'll be cocktailing and barneying those Nouning Verbs misguideds.
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May I add ironical?
What on Earth is wrong with ironic?
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3410,
"comaraderie",
"maturer". -
"free gift"
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Not so much a bastardisation of language, but maths:
"two times less"
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