Misuse of phrases or cliches

thomond2006 · 07-09-2009 06:02PM

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

Karl Hungus · 07-09-2009 06:05PM

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 06:23PM

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

so funny.

Keogg · 07-09-2009 06:24PM

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 06:26PM

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 06:28PM

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 06:29PM

sympathetic oil

TirNaNog. · 07-09-2009 06:29PM

But member you will be in trouble.

Sleipnir · 07-09-2009 06:30PM

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

DublinWriter · 07-09-2009 06:31PM

"It's all downhill from here"

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

TirNaNog. · 07-09-2009 06:32PM

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 06:35PM

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 06:36PM

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 06:39PM

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 06:39PM

I always sometimes go to mcdonalds once a week.

Whiskey Devil · 07-09-2009 06:42PM

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 06:48PM

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 06:54PM

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 06:55PM

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

base individual · 07-09-2009 07:04PM

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

Ruu_Old · 07-09-2009 07:07PM

"I could care less!" :mad:

Adults using bockle (instead of bottle).

Euro_Kraut · 07-09-2009 07:21PM

My dads mixes up these all the time my favs are:

'We'll burn that bridge when we come to it'

and

'The world is your lobster!'

m3llowship · 07-09-2009 07:38PM

Pacific = Specific
Millen = Million
Amn't = Am not

Those are my top three.

It makes my skin crawl when I hear them. I have to correct them and I hate myself for doing it. It makes me seem like such a pompous ass. Sometimes I try to correct them by just saying the word silently to myself but it doesnt make it right in my head........when I actually typed that down I seem like the worlds biggest nuerotic....

And finally, my most loathed misuse of the english language.

"it was the most funniest thing I ever heard"
"he was the most fasted winger the game had ever seen"

I'm gagging just typing it.

My name is URL · 07-09-2009 07:42PM

m3llowship wrote: »

Pacific = Specific
Millen = Million
Amn't = Am not

Those are my top three.

It makes my skin crawl when I hear them. I have to correct them and I hate myself for doing it. It makes me seem like such a pompous ass. Sometimes I try to correct them by just saying the word silently to myself but it doesnt make it right in my head........when I actually typed that down I seem like the worlds biggest nuerotic....

And finally, my most loathed misuse of the english language.

"it was the most funniest thing I ever heard"
"he was the most fasted winger the game had ever seen"

I'm gagging just typing it.

Oh, lol

m3llowship · 07-09-2009 07:43PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Oh, lol

Oh dang.

I....uh......I left those there to see were there like minded people out there.

My name is URL, it looks like we are soul mates!

masherella88 · 07-09-2009 07:51PM

m3llowship wrote: »

Pacific = Specific

I had an English teacher that used to say "Lads, ye need to be more 'Pacific' ".

She also used to say "dem books" and pronounced gazebo as 'gaze-bo'.

What is the world coming to?

amdublin · 07-09-2009 07:51PM

Why do people say "again" when they mean "by the time"

Eg.
"The traffic was so bad, again I got into work it was too late for coffee"
"Again I get home it is time to go out again"

Anyone out there say that? Why?? Why?? Whyyyyyyy?!!!!!

Latchy · 07-09-2009 07:56PM

Two I find amusing ie, '' To be honest '' and '' Bobs your uncle '' .Like why wouldn't you be honest ? :pac:

The latter I believe refers to a british prime minister (Robert something or other ) from late 19th century .

efb · 07-09-2009 08:01PM

amdublin wrote: »

Why do people say "again" when they mean "by the time"

Eg.
"The traffic was so bad, again I got into work it was too late for coffee"
"Again I get home it is time to go out again"

Anyone out there say that? Why?? Why?? Whyyyyyyy?!!!!!

do they not mean again' as in against? (by)

I thinks its from its use in Irish.

amdublin · 07-09-2009 08:03PM

efb wrote: »

do they not mean again' as in against? (by)

I thinks its from its use in Irish.

But that still makes no sense

Misuse of phrases or cliches

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