Most misused word on boards?

pickarooney · 20-09-2010 4:16pm #1

I got really bored and set myself a challenge of finding one correct use of the word 'dirge'. I eventually found what I thought was one instance among about 12 pages of nonsense of someone using it correctly, although it turned out to be a poster quoting the name of an album. Close enough, I suppose.

Can anyone beat a 1.2% correct usage ratio for a word?

Other possible candidates include "allot", "irony" and "there".

flyton5 · 20-09-2010 4:17pm

Their, They're

some_dose · 20-09-2010 4:18pm

banned

phill106 · 20-09-2010 4:18pm

funny

orourkeda · 20-09-2010 4:18pm

pickarooney wrote: »

I got really bored and set myself a challenge of finding one correct use of the word 'dirge'. I eventually found what I thought was one instance among about 12 pages of nonsense of someone using it correctly, although it turned out to be a poster quoting the name of an album. Close enough, I suppose.

Can anyone beat a 1.2% correct usage ratio for a word?

Other possible candidates include "allot", "irony" and "there".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lvpxz8kdavE&ob=av2n

phasers · 20-09-2010 4:18pm

Bastard

orourkeda · 20-09-2010 4:19pm

phill106 wrote: »

funny

Intelligent

Wompa1 · 20-09-2010 4:19pm

Our old friend literally. I was literally flying it home... I literally shat myself with excitement...On the plus side when people don't use it correctly it's pretty funny

NothingMan · 20-09-2010 4:20pm

Quite/Quiet. I once saw someone use both words in a post the wrong way round.

ie. "The man was very quite, he was quiet interested.".

hairybowsie · 20-09-2010 4:20pm

"should of"

kfallon · 20-09-2010 4:21pm

Clitbag!

Micky Dolenz · 20-09-2010 4:21pm

Loose for lose

Kasabian · 20-09-2010 4:22pm

Right for write

liah · 20-09-2010 4:22pm

"loose" instead of "lose" is a disappointingly common one.

"weary" instead of "wary," or vice versa.

Their/there/they're, you're/your, two/too/to.

"taught" instead of "thought," or vice versa. Just because some of you don't pronounce "th" doesn't mean you can randomly add or subtract h's where you feel like it! This is a distinctly Irish thing, too.

There's more, but I can't think of them right now.

mike65 · 20-09-2010 4:23pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Loose for lose

Sorry

taught and wat are most annoying.

Ickle Magoo · 20-09-2010 4:24pm

tread instead of thread is another common one...

coffee_cake · 20-09-2010 4:24pm

loose/lose
been/being
taught/thought (both ways, surprisingly)
of/have (as in 'should of' - NO :mad: wrong!)
weary/wary
then/than
allot/ a lot (alot is NOT a word)
:mad:

oh yeah thread/tread

Feeona · 20-09-2010 4:25pm

I was waiting for someone else to put down 'thanks' so I could thank it being the smart ass I am

gnolan · 20-09-2010 4:25pm

threadmill instead of treadmill

where instead of were

really/very unique

OutlawPete · 20-09-2010 4:26pm

Posting .. Rabble, rabble rabble.

Not so much a word but when some is constantly sarcastic, bugs the fcuk out of me.

Usually they will say that they were being ironic.

Yeah, course you were.

There's a little sarcasm for ya