word mutilations that piss me off to an irrational extent

[papergreen]

- laundrymat
- expresso
- whip cream
- duck tape

...like i'm liable to think less of you as a person if you use these in writing or in speech.

Comments

[drzachary]

What do you think of eggcorns?

'for all intensive purposes'
'escape goat' <-- my favorite.

[jessebeller]

i always liked "for all in tents, and purposes"

[drzachary]

is that an eggcorn though?

[loopbliss]

"for all in tents and porpoises"

[jiggityjane]

or "i don't mutilate the english language PER SAY."

[jessebeller]

per say!

bad enough that nobody seems to actually know what "per se" means, they cant even spell it!

[praha]

oh god i hate when people say or write "expresso." there's a cafe here called espresso art, and people still call it "expresso art." espresso! it's on the fucking sign!

[praha]

my phone's predictive text also knew "expresso" but refused to learn "espresso."

[papergreen]

yeah, that may be my favorite (or i guess least favorite) out of all the above.

[dannnielle]

Irregardless drives me right over the edge.
At full speed.

And that's only when people use it.

This podcast about the difference between descriptive and prescriptive dictionaries almost brought tears to my eyes.

[loopbliss]

I would NEVER mutilate words like that.