Misuse of phrases or cliches

NedTermo · 07-09-2009 4:03pm #1

Maybe this has been done before but I've heard some very funny ones.

My uncle worked with a man who used to say "don't mis-underestimate yourself" and the traffic was always "chop the block" ha.

Then there are common ones that can be a little bit annoying like people saying "for all intensive purposes" instead of "intents and purposes".

Any good examples?

The funniest one gets a prize of....King of this thread.

fullstop · 07-09-2009 4:04pm

My ex used to say 'this place is like a pig style' instead of pig sty, among many others that I can't think of. She was a bit dim.

dr gonzo · 07-09-2009 4:06pm

I suppose the most common one would be "Play it by year" instead of play it by ear. Not at all humourous but if i think of any more ill come back to you.

masherella88 · 07-09-2009 4:07pm

my friend while talking about a bit of a dilemma informed me that it was one of those "catch 20/20" situations...

raindog.promo · 07-09-2009 4:09pm

I used to think the eye & ear hospital was a hospital with special doctors similar to engineers that were called "ioneers"

I lived with this sweet ignorance for years.

dr.bollocko · 07-09-2009 4:11pm

I knew this thread wouldn't work.
I Feckin' toad a so.

genericguy · 07-09-2009 4:12pm

"that's a pigment of your imagination"

...shut up genericgal.

My name is URL · 07-09-2009 4:13pm

The way people use the word yisser, I mean wtf

Get yisser coats, do yisser homework

not really a phrase though

dr gonzo · 07-09-2009 4:17pm

My name is URL wrote: »

The way people use the word yisser, I mean wtf

Get yisser coats, do yisser homework

not really a phrase though

Yeh that ones a bit of a conundrum alright.

NedTermo · 07-09-2009 4:22pm

People who still say "chimley" instead of "chimney" when they are adults concerns me.

dr.bollocko · 07-09-2009 4:23pm

NedTermo wrote: »

People who still say "chimley" instead of "chimney" when they are adults concerns me.

Ppl like that make me see red. I want to put them in hostipal.

ibarelycare · 07-09-2009 4:23pm

Nip it in the butt

lilywhites1982 · 07-09-2009 4:23pm

I know this guy that corrects peoples misuse of sayings, SO ANNOYING!

masherella88 · 07-09-2009 4:24pm

sangwitch....grrrrrr

cjbh · 07-09-2009 4:25pm

I always thought 'fair dues' was 'fair juice'

A radio DJ thought it was 'no holes barred' instead of 'no holds barred'...he was doing a show on pornography and said, 'it's literally no holes barred' :rolleyes:

auditek923 · 07-09-2009 4:26pm

i have heard people say mokatrol instead of remote control

Fuzzy_Dunlop · 07-09-2009 4:27pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfq3c4Cf1Fs

NedTermo · 07-09-2009 4:27pm

cjbh wrote: »

I always thought 'fair dues' was 'fair juice'

A radio DJ thought it was 'no holes barred' instead of 'no holds barred'...he was doing a show on pornography and said, 'it's literally no holes barred' :rolleyes:

Quality.

NedTermo · 07-09-2009 4:28pm

playa3 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jfq3c4Cf1Fs

Ricky is a legend for them, well played.

Jeebus · 07-09-2009 4:39pm

My friends all say "sleep on", when the phrase is feckin' "sleep in".

Sleep on makes no fecking sense !

NedTermo · 07-09-2009 4:45pm

Jeebus wrote: »

My friends all say "sleep on", when the phrase is feckin' "sleep in".

Sleep on makes no fecking sense !

When I was in school in Drogheda there was a book to sign if you were late, your name, the time and the reason for lateness.
Everytime I looked at the book it read like this

09.26 Slep it
09.50 I slep it
09.59 Slep in

But if you asked someone from Drogheda its just one word, "sleppit".

Wibbs · 07-09-2009 4:49pm

cjbh wrote: »

I always thought 'fair dues' was 'fair juice'

:mad:arrrrgh!:D

Love2love · 07-09-2009 4:52pm

cjbh wrote: »

I always thought 'fair dues' was 'fair juice'

A radio DJ thought it was 'no holes barred' instead of 'no holds barred'...he was doing a show on pornography and said, 'it's literally no holes barred' :rolleyes:

I hate when people say it "literally rained cats and dogs" - no it didn't. There is no cats or dogs falling from the sky! It was just raining - normal rain! Literally is such an overused word and most of the time it's used incorrectly

07-09-2009 4:53pm

My dad is a legend with these.

He says "quite reversal" instead of "vice versa" and "flustrated" as a mix of "flustered/frustrated".

NedTermo · 07-09-2009 4:53pm

00112984 wrote: »

My dad is a legend with these.

He says "quite reversal" instead of "vice versa" and "flustrated" as a mix of "flustered/frustrated".

Love it.

JayeL · 07-09-2009 4:54pm

Who made you judge judy and executioner? Also "cimena".

I'm also not sure what to make of the phrase "please don't hesitate to contact me". Shouldn't it be "please don't hesitate in contacting me"?

Nolanger · 07-09-2009 4:55pm

Damp squid!

Wibbs · 07-09-2009 4:55pm

00112984 wrote: »

My dad is a legend with these.

He says "quite reversal" instead of "vice versa" and "flustrated" as a mix of "flustered/frustrated".

I like flustrated.:D Kudos to your da.

thomond2006 · 07-09-2009 4:55pm

A Lunster supporter, such a stupid phrase.

KTRIC · 07-09-2009 5:00pm

I'm finding this all very cromulant to be honest. It certainly isn't embiggening any of the posters on this thread.

Micilin Muc · 07-09-2009 5:00pm

It's ironic how the title of this thread doesn't match the content of the OP's first post or anybody's subsequent posts. I believe the title of the thread should be 'Malapropisms'.

To misuse a phrase or cliché would be to use it in the wrong context. What everybody is describing here are malapropisms.

thomond2006 · 07-09-2009 5:02pm

I've heard "Indian Summer" so much when it's raining.

Karl Hungus · 07-09-2009 5:05pm

Love2love wrote: »

I hate when people say it "literally rained cats and dogs" - no it didn't. There is no cats or dogs falling from the sky! It was just raining - normal rain! Literally is such an overused word and most of the time it's used incorrectly

Argh, 'literally' does my head in, literally. :mad:

galah · 07-09-2009 5:23pm

yer one on "Come dine with me" last night said "that's a different cattle of sheep".

so funny.

Keogg · 07-09-2009 5:24pm

galah wrote: »

yer one on "Come dine with me" last night said "that's a different cattle of sheep".

so funny.

there... there is SO many things wrong with that statement *keels over*:pac:

Micilin Muc · 07-09-2009 5:26pm

galah wrote: »

yer one on "Come dine with me" last night said "that's a different cattle of sheep".

That's a malapropism, not misuse of a phrase or cliché!

TirNaNog. · 07-09-2009 5:28pm

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Ppl like that make me see red. I want to put them in hostipal.

You could push them off the roof when they are cleaning the chimley and put them in hosPital!

hal9000 · 07-09-2009 5:29pm

sympathetic oil

TirNaNog. · 07-09-2009 5:29pm

But member you will be in trouble.

Sleipnir · 07-09-2009 5:30pm

'Vi-sa versa' instead of 'vice versa'

DublinWriter · 07-09-2009 5:31pm

"It's all downhill from here"

...now to me, that's a good thing!

TirNaNog. · 07-09-2009 5:32pm

DublinWriter wrote: »

"It's all downhill from here"

...now to me, that's a good thing!

choke on some crips

Micilin Muc · 07-09-2009 5:35pm

Sleipnir wrote: »

'Vi-sa versa' instead of 'vice versa'

This is another malapropism, not misuse of a phrase or cliché!!

Here's the definition:

1. an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, esp. by the confusion of words that are similar in sound. 2. an instance of this, as in “Lead the way and we'll precede.”

Jeebus · 07-09-2009 5:36pm

Micilin Muc wrote: »

This is another malapropism, not misuse of a phrase or cliché!!

Here's the definition:

I could care less, tbh.

Oooooooohhhhh see what I did there ? I hate when people say that. Makes no sense. If you could care less, then you care...right ?

El Guapo! · 07-09-2009 5:39pm

raindog.promo wrote: »

I used to think the eye & ear hospital was a hospital with special doctors similar to engineers that were called "ioneers"

I lived with this sweet ignorance for years.

My sister thought this too! She thought it was just a happy coincidence that they look after your eyes and ears!! :rolleyes:

TirNaNog. · 07-09-2009 5:39pm

I always sometimes go to mcdonalds once a week.

Whiskey Devil · 07-09-2009 5:42pm

Jeebus wrote: »

I could care less, tbh.

Oooooooohhhhh see what I did there ? I hate when people say that. Makes no sense. If you couldn't care less, then you care...right ?

The Americans adapted and changed it to I could care less.

Dunder Mifflin · 07-09-2009 5:48pm

Jeebus wrote: »

I could care less, tbh.

Oooooooohhhhh see what I did there ? I hate when people say that. Makes no sense. If you could care less, then you care...right ?

This is by far the single worst phrase currently in use in the entire world

edit: ever

Sleipnir · 07-09-2009 5:54pm

Micilin Muc wrote: »

This is another malapropism, not misuse of a phrase or cliché!!

Here's the definition:

Ah I know it's not exactly in the spirit of the thread. Just bugs the hell out of me.

Claregirl · 07-09-2009 5:55pm

Don't upset the apple tart really, really, bugs me!

base individual · 07-09-2009 6:04pm

My brother once said "beating around the bandwagon". He meant to say "beating about the bush" but confused it with "jumping on the bandwagon"

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