Misuse of words

[rich p]

Turgid.
Just heard it used to mean stodgy, slow etc but it's real meaning is swollen etc.

I first heard it used ina Nigerian porno mag (a friend had!) which described a bloke being 'turgid in his pants'

Common mistake. Any more?

 

[snapper_37]

(a friend had!)

Yeah whatever.....

 

[barq]

I've heard "turgid" incorrectly used to mean stodgy/slow. In my case it was about a short play I'd written/directed so I'm sure they were wrong. I hope.

Seriously though, the very first time I heard the word was at school in biology when we studied "physical reproduction".

 

[Mr Pig]

What about the phrase happily married?

 

[iLB]

What about the phrase happily married?

lol, what about people saying Pacific (as in Ocean), when they mean specific, that really gets me

 

[dellzeqq]

secrete has been so misused for so long that the dictionaries have caved in....

as has jejune. Ho-hum.

 

[rich p]

effete is another one which really means dull, lifeless etc but is commonly used to mean effeminate now

 

[cheadle hulme]

What differentiates a Nigerian porno mag from any other? Is it just Nigerian "stars" or does it have some other usp?

 

[rich p]

What differentiates a Nigerian porno mag from any other? Is it just Nigerian "stars" or does it have some other usp?

Apart from the Nigerian bimbos the thing that differentiated it most was the correct use of tricky English words like turgid and effete

I remember Ken Bates saying that when he bought the Italian players to Chelsea the standard of English in the dressing room rose immensely!

 

[Chrisz]

"Off of.........." is one that grips my sh1t Why do people say they are off of a particular place? Grr.

 

[rich p]

"Off of.........." is one that grips my sh1t Why do people say they are off of a particular place? Grr.

Great phrase.

Another one is " I could of..." insread of "could have".

really grips my piss

 

[Radius]

Thank you being written as "thankyou".
Thank you is a phrase, and the only time it is written as one word is when it is being used as a NOUN, a NOUN dammit, as in: "I have him a thankyou", when the 'thankyou' is an object, and even then it's interchangeable with a hyphenated version...
Grr.

 

[mickle]

Calmdown!

 

[rich p]

Thank you being written as "thankyou".
Thank you is a phrase, and the only time it is written as one word is when it is being used as a NOUN, a NOUN dammit, as in: "I have him a thankyou", when the 'thankyou' is an object, and even then it's interchangeable with a hyphenated version...
Grr.

Down boy!

 

[Radius]

*SNARL*