"For all intensive purposes" and other annoying malapropisms | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 79639725 United States 02/26/2021 07:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Unrelated but also immensely annoying... Quoting: #521 Douche nozzles that say 'methinks' in any context. Lot of those here. :blasting: That's ok as long as they spell it correctly. It took months of training on GLP for me to get them to quit saying "me thinks." Motherfucking IDIOTS it's NOT "me thinks." God, I hate that. If you're going to say it, it's "methinks." |
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Where Eagles Dare
(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States 02/26/2021 07:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Unrelated but also immensely annoying... Quoting: #521 Douche nozzles that say 'methinks' in any context. Lot of those here. That's ok as long as they spell it correctly. It took months of training on GLP for me to get them to quit saying "me thinks." Motherfucking IDIOTS it's NOT "me thinks." God, I hate that. If you're going to say it, it's "methinks." Meth is bad for the digestive system. Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79639725 United States 02/26/2021 07:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Unrelated but also immensely annoying... Quoting: #521 Douche nozzles that say 'methinks' in any context. Lot of those here. :blasting: That's ok as long as they spell it correctly. It took months of training on GLP for me to get them to quit saying "me thinks." Motherfucking IDIOTS it's NOT "me thinks." God, I hate that. If you're going to say it, it's "methinks." Meth is bad for the digestive system. Maybe so, but METHINKS is one word and I better not see it split up. |
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AIN ALE GOOS User ID: 72177819 United States 02/26/2021 07:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | "Methinks" gets a pass simply by force of hundreds of years of usage including by Shakespeare. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79219397 But unless it has that much history behind it, no. TBH SHAKESPEARE USED INCORRECT SYNTAX AND GRAMMAR ALL THE TIME AND OP SHOULD ATTACK HIM AS WELL FOR BEING AN ILLITERATE DUNCE . |
The Reverse Engineer
User ID: 79585113 United States 02/26/2021 07:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No, the chocolate is not actively “addicting” you and causing you to get addicted. It is “addictive,” meaning it has the property of causing addiction. Also, “6am in the morning.” Thanks so much OP for posting a grammar nazi thread. Btw, if you have not read “Consider the Lobster” by David Foster Wallace, I think you might like it. He has a review of a usage dictionary which is the best piece of writing I have ever encountered. |
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(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States 02/26/2021 07:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | And another thing while I'm at it: Hindsight is always 20/20. Really? I dated Sharon when we were in school, and we very nearly married. After graduation, she went to the east coast while I spent some time in Asia. She was a significant part of my life, and I had assumed at the time that we would be together. Prior to our mutual departures, I had the opportunity to ask for her hand in marriage, but I chickened out. Just another fork in the road. So, 20/20 people, how would my life be now had I asked the question? I don't know, you don't know. WHY? Hindsight is NOT 20/20, duh. Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
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(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States 02/26/2021 08:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Exactly. You know that store on a military base that sells uniforms and boots and shoes? Yeah, that store is called Clothing Sales. NOT clothing AND sales. No, my friend. Clothing Sales. JUST Clothing Sales. Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
Plato II
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(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States 02/26/2021 08:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Intensive purposes? Hahahahaha! Dude, go back to the drawing board. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 26115947 Thank you for providing a living example! Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
Where Eagles Dare
(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States 02/26/2021 08:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73776807 United States 02/26/2021 08:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You see, the appropriate phrase is 'for all intents and purposes.' I surmise that dumb people try to appear educated, and only undermine their big word nolledge through the use of a malapropism. These are the same cats that blurt fucked up shit like "irregardless" and "supposably." When you call them on it, they will insist that "it's a word; it's in the dictionary." Yeah, whatever. Idiot. Quoting: Where Eagles Dare These idiots may tell you about their 'Sig Sawyer' firearm. I ask them: what do you call that German fermented cabbage that goes on a Reuben Sandwich? No one has ever called it Sawyer Kraut, so how is the firearm called Sawyer? SAUER in both cases. Smith and Weston? Who the fuck is Weston? There is NO paint manufacturer called Sherman Williams, and even if there were, he sure as fuck did not manufacture MASONARY paint. It's masonry, goddamnit. Just remember Yogi Berra's sage advice: When you come to a fork in the road, take it. Facts |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 73776807 United States 02/26/2021 08:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some people get real cocky about what they think they know - they may even have hundreds of followers - but come to find out they don't know jack shit. But how do you tell that to all those they hoodwinked. Boot lickers thinking they are getting some kind of inside info. Some divine perspective. Sugar coated in false humility. Sickening I'm sure some out there would agree. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 73776807 United States 02/26/2021 08:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You see, the appropriate phrase is 'for all intents and purposes.' I surmise that dumb people try to appear educated, and only undermine their big word nolledge through the use of a malapropism. These are the same cats that blurt fucked up shit like "irregardless" and "supposably." When you call them on it, they will insist that "it's a word; it's in the dictionary." Yeah, whatever. Idiot. Quoting: Where Eagles Dare These idiots may tell you about their 'Sig Sawyer' firearm. I ask them: what do you call that German fermented cabbage that goes on a Reuben Sandwich? No one has ever called it Sawyer Kraut, so how is the firearm called Sawyer? SAUER in both cases. Smith and Weston? Who the fuck is Weston? There is NO paint manufacturer called Sherman Williams, and even if there were, he sure as fuck did not manufacture MASONARY paint. It's masonry, goddamnit. Just remember Yogi Berra's sage advice: When you come to a fork in the road, take it. your right their wrong My 2 biggest pet peeves evarr |
ITSARICHMANSGAME
User ID: 78068491 United States 02/26/2021 08:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I almost forgot. No, you DID forget, then re-remembered. The more I know, the crazier I appear to be. "THE ONLY WAY TO DEAL WITH AN UNFREE WORLD IS TO BECOME SO ABSOLUTELY FREE THAT YOUR VERY EXISTENCE IS AN ACT OF REBELLION" -ALBERT CAMUS No brains, no pain. The Difference Between Stupidity and Genius Is That Genius Has Its Limits |
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