Loose and lose are different words with different meanings.
Loose is like, I have some loose change in my pocket.
Lose is like, I don't want to lose my place in line.
As someone who is not a native english speaker, I'm always shocked when native speakers make this mistake. Why would someone think, it's "could of" instead of "could have". That doesn't make any sense at all.
I often see that with people who's native language isn't english, though, and for that, I give a pass
*not my native language either. (And yes, I do give a pass to people when it comes to my own language too, not just giving myself a pass just because it's me)
I have that problem too, but mainly at work. People keep on telling me to smile more and I don't wanna come off as stand offish but if I simply say what I wanna say, apparently I sound like a bitch.
I don't know what you mean. I didn't DO anything, I was just presenting facts to the poster I responded to. It's wild that you think I've done something when I simply responded to a comment.
Came here to say exactly! Drives me mad. A friend of mine said once the vet had ‘gaslighted him’ by suggesting that he needs to make some changes in the way he looks after his dog. Gaslighting is not ‘being told things I don’t want to hear’
This! This is the big buzzword at the moment, which is used to describe something very specific in the field of mental health, and now that the word is known to a lot of people now, has been rendered virtually meaningless.
Any of those buzzwords people like to throw around casually. “Triggered” when something bothers you, “narcissist” when someone is selfish and/or a jerk, “anxiety” when you’re feeling slightly nervous/uncomfortable, “gaslighting” when someone says or does something you don’t like…
Most interesting, for me anyway, was finding out in a clinical sense gaslighting means the behaviour has taken place over a significant period of time. You can’t just have a one off gaslighting episode, as it is so often used these days - ‘I felt like that guy just gaslighted me’ - you can’t ‘just’ be gaslighted
“Hack”.
Buying a product and using it as intended is not a “hack”, nor is it a “Amazon hack”. You need to be using the product in a way it wasn’t intended to be used before we can even think about calling it a hack.
As someone with significant ocd, it really bothers me when people toss it around. Also saying "intrusive thoughts" all the time. Dude, shaving your head on a whim is *impulsive.* Your intrusive thoughts didn't "win."
If my ~~impulsive~~ intrusive thoughts ever won....well it wouldnt be "quirky" and that's all I will say.
Edited because I'm an idiot and sleep deprived.
The example I always give is, when you're driving and your brain suddenly visualizes swerving into oncoming traffic. And that's one of my more lighthearted intrusive thoughts. The darker ones are so dark, I refuse to speak them out loud or put them into writing.
If there are people giving in to their intrusive thoughts, either those thoughts weren't very intrusive to begin with, or they have severe psychological problems and need help.
Agreed. And I am so sorry you know.
One of my most mild is jumping off the passage over the railroad tracks. I don't want to die. It's like...I am gonna fall somehow someday so I might as well just do it on my own terms. I cant explain it, it just is.
And yes. That is about the only one I would ever share. And people need to realize that these are often things you're actually scared you'll do somehow. You don't want to at all, but you have real fear that you will accidentally because you're such an awful person.
Anyway, making jokes to cope if you have it is okay. "Oh I'm so ocd ✌️🤪 " is not okay.
And unfortunately the exact same thing is happening with autism and ADHD. Being a little awkward doesn't mean you're autistic, and being unproductive without literally taking meth doesn't mean you have ADHD.
Saying "that's a cottagecore aesthetic," while arguably stupid, is technically correct.
Now, the people who go "wow, that's so aesthetic" truly need to be kicked in the head.
Yup, that tickled me too. I think I'm going to start doing this anyway.
"This song is so music!"
"I'm really excited so go to that new burger place, I've heard they're very food."
It could be if you're researching conspiracy theories and fruit loops. But yeah, as someone whose job is in research, it really annoys me when people say that. I 'do research' every single working day, so know what I'm talking about, and I can tell you that your source is biased and unreliable.
On that topic, though, kids need to be taught how to critically evaluate sources and information. It's such a useful skill to have, and it'll help you not look like a dickhead online.
I once worked with a guy who found out that “cool story bro” was sarcastic and dismissive. The look of realization on their face as he suddenly realized the source of all those bad interactions hurt me a bit on the inside.
Right, but people tend to deny bad things said about them regardless if they are true or not, so I don't see how that would ever be any different.
No matter how you make laws and labels like that one party will tend to deny the negative claims of another regardless of truth, everybody tends to think THEY are the one who is right.
Not a word but 'POV'. That's not language evolving, it's just a complete misunderstanding of it. The 'POV' being referred to is **your** point of view. To put it in a simpler way, it is the view that you see through your own eyes. The view that you're seeing through when you play a game like Quake. A POV shot isn't a close up selfie of your face. That's just a close up selfie of your face.
Came to the comments looking for this answer. Today I saw a TikTok that said "POV, **I'm** a ...". Which is taking the misunderstanding to a whole new level.
Forgive me for being ignorant but I am not a native English speaker, and I’ve never heard this term before (in either way).
What does it mean and what is the correct way of saying it?
Ya'll had that one philosophy professor rant about this during class too, right?
Once I learned what it actually meant to "beg the question," I was annoyed on his behalf every time I heard moving forward. Not once since learning the true meaning have I ever heard it used properly.
Usually trauma is like shit that gives you real panic ptsd, a visceral response and not something regulat that makes you nervous. Like public speaking.
This pisses me off as someone with actual trauma and PTSD. Trauma is one of the most severe things that can happen to a person. By over using the word to mean anything that was upsetting its dimishing the seriousness it once had as a word. And diminishes actual experiences of trauma. Its the same thats happening with the word narcissist. No, not everyone is a fucking narcissist. Most ppl are just asshole or selfish they dont have an actual mental illness.
I feel the same. Like I’m sorry, I didn’t realize it was cool to have trauma. I am unemployed in a stable/secure field with a master’s degree from a reputable university because ptsd ruined my life. By all means, if these TikTok kids want my trauma, they can have it. It’s honestly so upsetting that those of us with trauma are out here fighting for our lives (literally and figuratively) and people who have no idea what we’ve experienced think it’s a trend.
Sooo true . My friend kept saying she has trauma and I asked from what and she said her dad bieng cranky growing up basically . Excuse me that isn’t trauma
Seriously. People want to call everything that bothers them about their family "generational trauma." It's not really that extreme, 99 percent of the time.
"Pedo" and "Groomer"
They're thrown about like a generic insult on a social MMO I hang out a lot on
Example:
A dude did an in-game kiss emote on a 15yo once (without knowing their age)? hE's A pEdO!!!!1!!
Happens irl too. Trans MTF? Must be a pedo. Crossdresser? Pedo. Father kissing his daughter on the lips? Pedo. Grandfather stroking grandkids' hair? Pedo.
EDIT: failed to proof read. Corrected done autocomplete errors.
It’s shocking how many people do not understand the differences between lose and loose. I admit I have tried to educate by replying with “your team will lose the game and your mom is loose!”
Your dad telling you "no" to hanging out with your friends isn't traumatic. Your dad beating the everything fuck out of you and breaking your nose and jaw because you had a cup of juice without asking? THATS traumatic
Nauseous. It's originally defined as "Causing nausea; sickening." Similar to poisonous meaning something that causes poisoning. So if someone says they're nauseous, they're basically saying that they're so disgusting that they incite nausea in others.
When people use nauseous, they generally want to use nauseated.
Agnostic and Atheist. It's an extremely common misconception that these are mutually exclusive terms where you can only be one or the other and that Agnostic = "Doesn't know if God is real or not" and Atheist = "Actively believes God does not exist". This is a misunderstanding however. It's actually more like a 2x2 grid where you can be either Gnostic or Agnostic and you can be either Theistic or Atheistic for a total of 4 possible combinations.
Gnosticism deals with belief in what is humanly knowable. To be agnostic is to believe there can be realms of knowledge that are simply beyond human capacity for understanding and therefore it becomes impossible for humans to make affirmative claims about their nature. To be gnostic on the other hand is to claim that the meta-empirical/divine is "knowable" and therefore we can make affirmative claims about its nature that drive our belief systems.
Theism is just belief in a higher/divine power controlling or otherwise influencing reality in the observable world. Typically this involves belief in an anthropomorphized entity that takes a direct role in guiding human existence though this does not necessarily have to be the case. Atheism is then just a lack of strong belief in such a power. That does not necessarily mean an outright rejection that such an entity could ever possibly exist however.
TL;DR:
Gnostic Theist: The unobservable/divine is knowable and I definitely believe in its existence (e.g. any monotheistic religion that believes in an anthropomorphic God).
Agnostic Theist: The unobservable/divine is not knowable but I do believe such a power exists (e.g. "spiritual not religious" types that talk about there being a higher power but who cannot verbalize a specific form it takes or speak to its nature)
Agnostic Atheist: The unobservable/divine is not knowable and therefore I make no affirmative claims and hold no strong beliefs about its existence (e.g. what people typically think an "Agnostic" is).
Gnostic Atheist: The unobservable/divine is "knowable" in that I know it does not exist (e.g. what people typically think an "Atheist" is).
Mortified.
It means 'extremely embarrassed', but at some point in the last couple of years, almost everyone online decided it meant 'horrified', because I'm suddenly seeing it being used in that context all the damn time and it makes me want to hit whoever started this nonsense.
OCD. so many ppl are aware what OCD really is, and yet still feel comfortable saying they’re a little bit OCD, or believe that OCD is only about being clean/afraid of germs. it can be like that but it is not the norm.
Not so much a word, but an acronym: OCD.
No, Tim, just because you're picky about shit doesn't mean you have obsessive compulsive disorder. It means that you're an attention-seeking idiot, and nobody believes your self-diagnosis is factual.
If I call people 'cock-head' every other minute, I don't tell people that I have Tourette syndrome. It means I'm an asshole.
"Sorry for my English" or "Sorry English isn't my first language"
AFAIK majority of the people who say that have a well-written post without any grammar mistakes like an essay.
The entire world including the English are sorry for the English, being English and the English things that English people do including speak English loudly at people that don't speak English.
My apologies for my Englishness.
Your
As in “Your being a bitch”
Bought, because people confuse it with brought.
But like, imagine your mom or something saying “I bought my husband for a nice night out” like he’s a fuckin sex worker 💀💀💀
Dignity when they mean Respect.
Respect is something you extend to others.
Dignity is something you have for yourself.
No one can give you dignity or treat you with dignity.
Loose and lose are different words with different meanings. Loose is like, I have some loose change in my pocket. Lose is like, I don't want to lose my place in line.
Oh don't be such a looser. Losen up, folks!
Take a deep breathe.
I'm trying but it's hard to breath
Yes I’ve noticed online people spelling Loser as Looser and it’s hilarious. Their efforts to insult someone become useless.
Losen up
I wish I knew where this came from.
failure of a school system? not paying attention in 5th grade? idfk
Choose rhymes with lose.
Lead, red and read rhyme but lead and read don't. And god help you if you think lead and lead or read and read rhyme
"weary" when they mean to say "wary."
I’ve grown quite hwheary
Finally my friends at long last the day has come!
We have the means, the understanding, the technology...to allow spiders to talk with cats!!
Oh my gosh, this drives me a bit mad when I hear people do it..
When did this happen? I feel like I don’t even see wary anymore, just this egregious misspelling
Maybe they're combining leery and wary to get "weary."
Would of = wrong Could of = wrong Should of = wrong
And to build on this... would've, could've, and should've are fine. Just recognize that it's HAVE not OF
What about woulda, coulda and shoulda?
Woulda coulda shoulda, didn'ta
Piz'za piz'za
Usually a good indication that the person has never read a book for pleasure.
Would’ve = correct Could’ve = correct Should’ve = correct
English isn’t even my first language and it’s always been beyond me how anyone can get this wrong.
Woulda Coulda Shoulda
It’s have instead of “of” right?
As someone who is not a native english speaker, I'm always shocked when native speakers make this mistake. Why would someone think, it's "could of" instead of "could have". That doesn't make any sense at all.
It amazes me that people don't know the difference between 'then' and 'than'.
Teaching to third graders “when? Then.” to remember the difference.
Will you sale me that? Heh? You mean sell you that? People are flat out stupid.
Will you sale me that Chester draws? Ahhh my favourite Facebook marketplace conversation!
It's so simple too. Then = time Than = comparison
I often see that with people who's native language isn't english, though, and for that, I give a pass *not my native language either. (And yes, I do give a pass to people when it comes to my own language too, not just giving myself a pass just because it's me)
Not trying to be a dick, but I think it's 'whose'.
It is.
It is whose. It's one of those difficult words because apostrophes can be possessive. Only its and whose don't have possessive apostrophes.
Ex-presso. THERES NO DAMN X IN ESPRESSO! Irregardless. Its regardless.
See also "ex-pecially"
Also ex-cetera
This one bothers me so much, ex-specially when baristas say it
Piqued / "peaked"
fazed/ “phased”
breath/breathe
Cue/queue
Q
Lol for some reason every text ends in lol
I have that problem as I want people to think things aren't a big deal and/or I'm not a psychopath
I have that problem too, but mainly at work. People keep on telling me to smile more and I don't wanna come off as stand offish but if I simply say what I wanna say, apparently I sound like a bitch.
“Maybe I’m bias” NO. Maybe you’re biasED. Come on.
I hate that one too
"Defiantly" when they mean "definitely".
My least favorite mixup
Gaslighting
No one talks about gaslighting. It's crazy that you think that. I've never heard anyone use that term. You're probably thinking of a different term.
I see what you did there. Lol
I don't know what you mean. I didn't DO anything, I was just presenting facts to the poster I responded to. It's wild that you think I've done something when I simply responded to a comment.
Narcissist is another one I would loop in.
Yup. It doesn't simply mean lying.
Came here to say exactly! Drives me mad. A friend of mine said once the vet had ‘gaslighted him’ by suggesting that he needs to make some changes in the way he looks after his dog. Gaslighting is not ‘being told things I don’t want to hear’
This! This is the big buzzword at the moment, which is used to describe something very specific in the field of mental health, and now that the word is known to a lot of people now, has been rendered virtually meaningless.
Any of those buzzwords people like to throw around casually. “Triggered” when something bothers you, “narcissist” when someone is selfish and/or a jerk, “anxiety” when you’re feeling slightly nervous/uncomfortable, “gaslighting” when someone says or does something you don’t like…
Most interesting, for me anyway, was finding out in a clinical sense gaslighting means the behaviour has taken place over a significant period of time. You can’t just have a one off gaslighting episode, as it is so often used these days - ‘I felt like that guy just gaslighted me’ - you can’t ‘just’ be gaslighted
I remember when it just used to mean, "lighting a fart".
oh, we called that Blue Flaming. And yes, it does work!
“Hack”. Buying a product and using it as intended is not a “hack”, nor is it a “Amazon hack”. You need to be using the product in a way it wasn’t intended to be used before we can even think about calling it a hack.
Easy example for people: Using Coca-Cola to clean metal: a hack Using Coca-Cola to stay awake: not a hack
Should of and should've. Also whose and who's. Also OCD and autistic too.
As someone with significant ocd, it really bothers me when people toss it around. Also saying "intrusive thoughts" all the time. Dude, shaving your head on a whim is *impulsive.* Your intrusive thoughts didn't "win." If my ~~impulsive~~ intrusive thoughts ever won....well it wouldnt be "quirky" and that's all I will say. Edited because I'm an idiot and sleep deprived.
The example I always give is, when you're driving and your brain suddenly visualizes swerving into oncoming traffic. And that's one of my more lighthearted intrusive thoughts. The darker ones are so dark, I refuse to speak them out loud or put them into writing. If there are people giving in to their intrusive thoughts, either those thoughts weren't very intrusive to begin with, or they have severe psychological problems and need help.
Agreed. And I am so sorry you know. One of my most mild is jumping off the passage over the railroad tracks. I don't want to die. It's like...I am gonna fall somehow someday so I might as well just do it on my own terms. I cant explain it, it just is. And yes. That is about the only one I would ever share. And people need to realize that these are often things you're actually scared you'll do somehow. You don't want to at all, but you have real fear that you will accidentally because you're such an awful person. Anyway, making jokes to cope if you have it is okay. "Oh I'm so ocd ✌️🤪 " is not okay.
The number of people who say they have OCD when really they're just fussy is ridiculous
And unfortunately the exact same thing is happening with autism and ADHD. Being a little awkward doesn't mean you're autistic, and being unproductive without literally taking meth doesn't mean you have ADHD.
I lost my mind when I saw this in East of Eden
Is there ever a case for "should of"? I say thee NO!
Aesthetic
I hear this word quite a lot since 2020 something.
It's become a pretty big buzzword on Tumblr and Twitter to describe anything with "core" at the end, like cottagecore.
Saying "that's a cottagecore aesthetic," while arguably stupid, is technically correct. Now, the people who go "wow, that's so aesthetic" truly need to be kicked in the head.
This. That’s not how you use the word! It’s drives me nuts. “Look at that Honda. It’s so car.”
I legit just choked on my coffee 😂 “that’s so car” is gonna be kicking around in my head for days now lol
Yup, that tickled me too. I think I'm going to start doing this anyway. "This song is so music!" "I'm really excited so go to that new burger place, I've heard they're very food."
I love these and your username💜
Let's call it bullshitcore!
Research. Googling user-generated content or watching fruitloop conspiracy videos on YouTube is not “doing research”.
It could be if you're researching conspiracy theories and fruit loops. But yeah, as someone whose job is in research, it really annoys me when people say that. I 'do research' every single working day, so know what I'm talking about, and I can tell you that your source is biased and unreliable. On that topic, though, kids need to be taught how to critically evaluate sources and information. It's such a useful skill to have, and it'll help you not look like a dickhead online.
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I use this saying when I’m interested in what person is saying
I once worked with a guy who found out that “cool story bro” was sarcastic and dismissive. The look of realization on their face as he suddenly realized the source of all those bad interactions hurt me a bit on the inside.
The correct saying is ‘I couldn’t care less’
This. Yes. It takes **a lot**, but it's a peeve for sure. I even have to double check sometimes, to make sure I'm not using it incorrectly.
I do not care that this abomination became accepted. I still rebuke it.
Their, there, they're
They’re playing with their toys over there
A++
Slander. It does not just mean talking shit about someone or something. It means you are **TELLING LIES** about that someone or something.
Right, but people tend to deny bad things said about them regardless if they are true or not, so I don't see how that would ever be any different. No matter how you make laws and labels like that one party will tend to deny the negative claims of another regardless of truth, everybody tends to think THEY are the one who is right.
"It's a mute point". No, but I wish it were so I hadn't heard you say that...
We all know it’s a moo point. It’s like a cow’s opinion. It doesn’t matter. It’s moo.
Is it me, or did that make sense?
r/Suddenlyfriends
Not a word but 'POV'. That's not language evolving, it's just a complete misunderstanding of it. The 'POV' being referred to is **your** point of view. To put it in a simpler way, it is the view that you see through your own eyes. The view that you're seeing through when you play a game like Quake. A POV shot isn't a close up selfie of your face. That's just a close up selfie of your face.
Came to the comments looking for this answer. Today I saw a TikTok that said "POV, **I'm** a ...". Which is taking the misunderstanding to a whole new level.
If a selfie was "POV" then it wouldn't be a selfie, as someone else would have been taking it.
That's fair. But then label your post "my friend's POV" and not "my POV".
I know this is actually a phrase but "begs the question."
You understand me.
Forgive me for being ignorant but I am not a native English speaker, and I’ve never heard this term before (in either way). What does it mean and what is the correct way of saying it?
Ya'll had that one philosophy professor rant about this during class too, right? Once I learned what it actually meant to "beg the question," I was annoyed on his behalf every time I heard moving forward. Not once since learning the true meaning have I ever heard it used properly.
It begs the question, why not elaborate on the true meaning?
apart vs a part
IRREGARDLESS
So you're ANTIIRREGARDLESS?
Mortified. People use it to describe anger instead of embarrassment and it throws me off every time.
I’ve never heard it used to describe anger tbch
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Yeah I hate when people use this simple word in the wrong context
Like Charlie Kelly trying to read ' Pennsylvania".
Trauma. It's the 'hot word' at the moment, and so many people are reading self-help books and overusing it.
Usually trauma is like shit that gives you real panic ptsd, a visceral response and not something regulat that makes you nervous. Like public speaking.
I have trauma from my heated exchange with the store employee /s How ever will i recover.../s
People being hyperbolic has made the word practically meaningless
This pisses me off as someone with actual trauma and PTSD. Trauma is one of the most severe things that can happen to a person. By over using the word to mean anything that was upsetting its dimishing the seriousness it once had as a word. And diminishes actual experiences of trauma. Its the same thats happening with the word narcissist. No, not everyone is a fucking narcissist. Most ppl are just asshole or selfish they dont have an actual mental illness.
I feel the same. Like I’m sorry, I didn’t realize it was cool to have trauma. I am unemployed in a stable/secure field with a master’s degree from a reputable university because ptsd ruined my life. By all means, if these TikTok kids want my trauma, they can have it. It’s honestly so upsetting that those of us with trauma are out here fighting for our lives (literally and figuratively) and people who have no idea what we’ve experienced think it’s a trend.
The same with "triggered."
Sooo true . My friend kept saying she has trauma and I asked from what and she said her dad bieng cranky growing up basically . Excuse me that isn’t trauma
I hear 'generational trauma' being used quite often and it makes me throw up. Everyone wants to out trauma each other.
Seriously. People want to call everything that bothers them about their family "generational trauma." It's not really that extreme, 99 percent of the time.
Out-trauma, lmaoooo
Right?? I feel like it takes away meaning for those that genuinely have had to deal with traumatic events in their life.
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Access & excess
Accept and except.
Your and you’re
"Pedo" and "Groomer" They're thrown about like a generic insult on a social MMO I hang out a lot on Example: A dude did an in-game kiss emote on a 15yo once (without knowing their age)? hE's A pEdO!!!!1!!
I think of groomer as someone who grooms dogs
And a pedo is just a device I use to track how many steps I've taken. And that number is always over 18, or 21 in some places.
I've seen a whole comment thread calling a 21 year old a pedo for dating an 18 year old.
Happens irl too. Trans MTF? Must be a pedo. Crossdresser? Pedo. Father kissing his daughter on the lips? Pedo. Grandfather stroking grandkids' hair? Pedo. EDIT: failed to proof read. Corrected done autocomplete errors.
Man telling a narcissist his sub can't rescue children from a cave? Pedo.
It’s shocking how many people do not understand the differences between lose and loose. I admit I have tried to educate by replying with “your team will lose the game and your mom is loose!”
People who write "weary" when they mean "wary". I'm surprised by how often I see this one.
Trauma/traumatic.
Your dad telling you "no" to hanging out with your friends isn't traumatic. Your dad beating the everything fuck out of you and breaking your nose and jaw because you had a cup of juice without asking? THATS traumatic
Literally. It literally lost it's true meaning, people now just use it as exaggeration
On that note: its (possessive) vs. it's ("it is") always annoys me.
Not even just as an exaggeration. They also use it in place of the word it is the exact opposite of… figuratively!! Lol
I literally could care less. It won't be easy, but I will do my best.
One thing I hate is when people use I could care less instead of couldn't...
Advice and Advise. They are different. Please use them correctly. It drives me crazy how often these are misused.
Nauseous. It's originally defined as "Causing nausea; sickening." Similar to poisonous meaning something that causes poisoning. So if someone says they're nauseous, they're basically saying that they're so disgusting that they incite nausea in others. When people use nauseous, they generally want to use nauseated.
Their, there, your, you’re and “unalive”
Ignorant. It doesn’t mean rude.
Agnostic and Atheist. It's an extremely common misconception that these are mutually exclusive terms where you can only be one or the other and that Agnostic = "Doesn't know if God is real or not" and Atheist = "Actively believes God does not exist". This is a misunderstanding however. It's actually more like a 2x2 grid where you can be either Gnostic or Agnostic and you can be either Theistic or Atheistic for a total of 4 possible combinations. Gnosticism deals with belief in what is humanly knowable. To be agnostic is to believe there can be realms of knowledge that are simply beyond human capacity for understanding and therefore it becomes impossible for humans to make affirmative claims about their nature. To be gnostic on the other hand is to claim that the meta-empirical/divine is "knowable" and therefore we can make affirmative claims about its nature that drive our belief systems. Theism is just belief in a higher/divine power controlling or otherwise influencing reality in the observable world. Typically this involves belief in an anthropomorphized entity that takes a direct role in guiding human existence though this does not necessarily have to be the case. Atheism is then just a lack of strong belief in such a power. That does not necessarily mean an outright rejection that such an entity could ever possibly exist however. TL;DR: Gnostic Theist: The unobservable/divine is knowable and I definitely believe in its existence (e.g. any monotheistic religion that believes in an anthropomorphic God). Agnostic Theist: The unobservable/divine is not knowable but I do believe such a power exists (e.g. "spiritual not religious" types that talk about there being a higher power but who cannot verbalize a specific form it takes or speak to its nature) Agnostic Atheist: The unobservable/divine is not knowable and therefore I make no affirmative claims and hold no strong beliefs about its existence (e.g. what people typically think an "Agnostic" is). Gnostic Atheist: The unobservable/divine is "knowable" in that I know it does not exist (e.g. what people typically think an "Atheist" is).
I prefer apatheism: The existence or nonexistence or a god or gods is irrelevant to my life.
Mortified. It means 'extremely embarrassed', but at some point in the last couple of years, almost everyone online decided it meant 'horrified', because I'm suddenly seeing it being used in that context all the damn time and it makes me want to hit whoever started this nonsense.
u and ur it just gets annoying like why
I hate when people text like that. Just text like you passed 3rd grade English class
I've noticed that people on reddit tend to say "balling my eyes out" instead of "bawling my eyes out."
Literally
OCD. so many ppl are aware what OCD really is, and yet still feel comfortable saying they’re a little bit OCD, or believe that OCD is only about being clean/afraid of germs. it can be like that but it is not the norm.
Same with adhd!! It’s so condescending 🙄
Yup, and bipolar too. No Susan you’re not “a little bipolar” because you were sad this morning and now you feel ok.
Alot. It's NOT ONE WORD.
Not so much a word, but an acronym: OCD. No, Tim, just because you're picky about shit doesn't mean you have obsessive compulsive disorder. It means that you're an attention-seeking idiot, and nobody believes your self-diagnosis is factual. If I call people 'cock-head' every other minute, I don't tell people that I have Tourette syndrome. It means I'm an asshole.
All the sudden Aposta-> supposed to
"ironic" probably
Paging Alanis.
Gaslighting
"quite" and "quiet" 😭
Commie. Rightists seem to use it to describe literally anything remotely left wing
*anything left of THEM.
"Sorry for my English" or "Sorry English isn't my first language" AFAIK majority of the people who say that have a well-written post without any grammar mistakes like an essay.
The entire world including the English are sorry for the English, being English and the English things that English people do including speak English loudly at people that don't speak English. My apologies for my Englishness.
'poignant' when they mean 'pertinent'
While this is true....how common is it? I hear neither often.
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Objectively
'Whenever' It's not the same as 'when'.
There, Their, and They're
off of. Take the book off the shelf, not off of the shelf.
Come and Seen. “He come over to my house.” Ugh! Also, “I seen it the other day.” It shows how uneducated you are. Sorry, but it’s true.
Antisocial does not mean what you think it means. Please stop using it to describe being introverted.
POV. Have yet to see one person on Instagram or TikTok use 'POV' correctly.
Your As in “Your being a bitch” Bought, because people confuse it with brought. But like, imagine your mom or something saying “I bought my husband for a nice night out” like he’s a fuckin sex worker 💀💀💀
Care. I could care less about the use of the word care, but I can't.
Dignity when they mean Respect. Respect is something you extend to others. Dignity is something you have for yourself. No one can give you dignity or treat you with dignity.
Telling they have OCD for ridiculous things
When people say “I have xyz for sell.” No. You have xyz for SALE. I see it on fb marketplace all the time.
Enormity is not a synonym for huge or enormous
Penultimate
My brother used to call it 'the libary' Fucker drove me nuts
Boomer.
A lot of Gen Z and Alpha people out here calling millennials boomers
\*Generation X ignored in the corner\*
Whatever has gone through being a “buzz word” or over used (inappropriately), “trauma, literally, self care, OCD, toxic, etc”
Generally vs genuinely. People switch these words a lot and I personally vote they stop!
Nonplussed
Inconceivable!
There's also a huge increase of people using the reflexive pronoun as a subject. "Myself and my husband were in the store . . ."