Okay, if we’re getting into phrases now…if I have to hear “could care less” one more timeghostrunner wrote: ↑May 17 22, 10:26 amI'm big on usage trumping dictionaries or "correct" grammar, but "all the sudden" makes no sense and just bugs me.
Awful words
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Overtired.
I see no reason for this word. Just say "exhausted".
I see no reason for this word. Just say "exhausted".
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My guess is comes from mishearing or slurring of "all of a sudden" as allvuhsudden, and coming out with "all the sudden"TGantz wrote: ↑May 17 22, 10:31 amWhat is a sudden and how do you group them together into an "all"? Is it already plural like deer?ghostrunner wrote: ↑May 17 22, 10:26 amI'm big on usage trumping dictionaries or "correct" grammar, but "all the sudden" makes no sense and just bugs me.
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The same reason "could have, would have, should have" became "could of, would of, should of."ghostrunner wrote: ↑May 17 22, 10:52 amMy guess is comes from mishearing or slurring of "all of a sudden" as allvuhsudden, and coming out with "all the sudden"TGantz wrote: ↑May 17 22, 10:31 amWhat is a sudden and how do you group them together into an "all"? Is it already plural like deer?ghostrunner wrote: ↑May 17 22, 10:26 amI'm big on usage trumping dictionaries or "correct" grammar, but "all the sudden" makes no sense and just bugs me.
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Anyone who has watched the most recent season of Stranger Things with closed captioning on will know what I'm about to say.
squelching.
specifically: wet squelching.
squelching.
specifically: wet squelching.
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Maintenance.
Because for some reason I always misspell it 5 times before getting it right.
Because for some reason I always misspell it 5 times before getting it right.
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mulch
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This is more of a phrase, but I just saw a Yahoo article about the NFL QB injury saying Harbough is "feeling some type of way" about the injury.
It is such a dumb sounding Tik Tok new age bull [expletive] phrase.
It is such a dumb sounding Tik Tok new age bull [expletive] phrase.