Flaunting their ignorance

[Graham W]

I went from this thread to another posted by @Garry Edwards .
There is a Youtube clip and the commentator uses the term "Momentarily" meaning "For a moment" when he should have said "In a moment".
That always annoys me more than it should!

 

[Marc]

Ok, a couple of pet niggles*

The use of apostrophes to denote plurals.
The use of a hyphen in "no-one". It's "no one",

* for @AndrewFlannigan, I'm offended by neither.

 

[Box Brownie]

I do not like it when people say Virtually or Practically.

Such as," its virtually new", but its not new it is second hand, something can only be new once.

Next one is when someone says, "I am practically finished the job", but in reality the job is not finished.

Also I detest people or groups and company's picking a word and applying it to something to make things sound better.

The word "reimagined" comes to my mind, I always think they have copied something and claimed it as their own.

Ah! your post brings to mind the advertising and branding on products as "new & improved".

The cynic in me typically sees that as meaning 'we found a way to reduce the cost of production and increase the price'

In old speak, it might have been "new recipe" for a baked product and in the case of, for example, a cleaning product "new formula".

 

[Oldbones]

It might be worse, I know people who self diagnose themselves with things that its imposable to see.
Thus rendering them unable to to anything that they do not want to do but can do what they want to do.

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

It might be worse, I know people who self diagnose themselves with things that its imposable to see.
Thus rendering them unable to to anything that they do not want to do but can do what they want to do.

True enough but there are things you normally can't see but are seriously debilitating, such as depression.

Yes, far too many people claim that they suffer from depression, when they don't. If you really have depression, though, you tend not to mention it.

 

[Oldbones]

I know a woman, who always says she is not comfortable with this or that.
That it givers her anxiety.
I always reply, same for me.

 

[Mr Bump]

got to say as someone who is dyslexic grammar nazi's are on the hang them first list lol
i have struggled all my life with basic english

 

[jezgb]

The one irritating me at the moment is "anyways"...

 

[Mr Bump]

The one irritating me at the moment is "anyways"...

for me its kids that put "like" in every 3 words they utter, its like polite terrets
i would rather people say f***

 

[Cagey75]

I do not like it when people say Virtually or Practically.

Such as," its virtually new", but its not new it is second hand, something can only be new once.

Next one is when someone says, "I am practically finished the job", but in reality the job is not finished.

Also I detest people or groups and company's picking a word and applying it to something to make things sound better.

The word "reimagined" comes to my mind, I always think they have copied something and claimed it as their own.

I find 'basically' covers them all

 

[Oldbones]

Or when someone says no offence after they have said something offensive.