What word do you think gets used incorrectly a lot?

[Anonymous]

I think the word 'brave' gets tossed around like a salad, I saw this thing where some chick got touched in ass by a photographer and even tho the dude is a total creep and dirty for doing such a thing. when other women were comforting her they said she was brave for speaking out and I feel like the use of the word is a stretch, it's also used when fat people wear certain clothing and I get it takes courage but i don't think that these people compare anything to people that go to war or run into burning buildings to extinguish and save people from fires 💀

I know there's many other words that get used incorrectly, name some if y'all can think of em lol

[Miah04]

You know i got love for ya, but gonna disagree with your statement.

As a person who was sexually assaulted, it is definitely very brave to speak out.

And sexual harassment and groping can be just as hard to tell others.

It is very hard to tell anyone, what happened to you. The fear of being judged, being told you deserved to be treated like a piece of meat.

The shame of admitting someone overpowered you, in an attempt to take your dignity by force

I still haven't told my parents, because I'm to embarrassed to tell them what was done to me, and what was almost done to me by that scum.

[Asker]

Bravery means having the guts to do what needs to be done, even if it means taking risks or facing danger head-on. Courage means having the strength of character required for such actions by acting confidently even when faced with adversity or uncertainty.

It falls more into courage than bravery.

[Miah04]

The definition of courage literally begins otherwise called bravery

[Asker]

I still think it's a stretch lol

[FunkyMonkee]

Rhetoric!! Everyone today seems to think that it means: ANYTHING any specific person says or any specific talking point a certain group might say.
Basically, rhetoric is a question asked that either doesn't require an answer or no answer is expected. To ask something rhetorically.
Why do they call Wed. "hump day:" when everyone usually gets it on the weekends?
Why do they call buildings,, "buildings" when they're already done building them? They should be called, "buillts". Or "crumblings" because that's what they're gonna be doing from now on.
Why is it called, "rush hour" when your car just sits there?
Why is easy listening music so hard to listen to?
Those are rhetorical questions/statements.

[DryGermanGuy]

Wrong. Rhetoric is indeed what a certain person or group say. Rhetoric and rhetorically do not have the same scope. See here:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rhetoric

[FunkyMonkee]

@DryGermanGuy I already looked it up back in the `70's.

[DryGermanGuy]

Obviously that didn't work out very well as its meaning has not changed since then.

[FunkyMonkee]

@DryGermanGuy If you say so.

[strateguy632]

a word used VERY often is cult... a lot! just to insult opponents but not accurately.

just to be offensive. usualy offensive gets censored unless... it is aimed at "the appropriate side." that offensive is allowed. sometimes rewarded. "superb". for being "engaging" which is really triggering.

[TheRealPepperPotts]

People saying things "resound" with them, rather than "resonate" with them. Resound is a weaker word, but resonate means something builds strength as it continues to sound. It has greater impact in speech.

Also, the use of "irregardless" instead of "regardless". "Irregardless" literally means to not not regard, which means to essentially pay attention to whatever it is they are discussing. That is not what most people mean when they use it. They mean it in the sense of "in spite of X, etc."

I'll grit my teeth and shut up now. :D

[DishLady]

Any homophones tend to be used in written contexts the wrong way.

FEMINIST is certainly a word that's been stretched to hell and back till it's lost its meaning completely.

[Asker]

Yea definitely, they ruined the word actually lol

[DishLady]

Right? It was such a nice pure concept -- just a thought away from humanism... and now? (https://images. app. goo. gl/b7RPG8Z3GDPNcvFH6)

[Asker]

Now it's just short hair freaks trippingl about mens existence lol

[DishLady]

(Some have long hair!)

[Asker]

I know, I was just stereotyping

[strateguy632]

homophones like:
guy: "did you go to any movies last week? i went to to"
gal: "i went to to to." lol

[electromagnetic]

‘I understand’ yet continues to do the opposite of what was intended

[Asker]

Lol.

[DrPepper12]

Is it ok if i tell my cat that when i really have NO FUCKING CLUE what he wants? Asking for a friend...

[electromagnetic]

@DrPepper12 tell him to show you or he can forget catnip and sunbathing near the window in peace.

[MemeSupreme]

here can't type rn
https://voca.ro/15DSznZegc5J

[Asker]

Clean your damn hands 😂

[StudyingAuthor]

Facts!

[Levin]

You are literally an asshole!

[MemeSupreme]

dont tell me what to do CHICA

and i cleaned them like AT LEAST a solid 15 minutes after i sent that lol

[Asker]

That's still quite a while of stalling 😂

[StudyingAuthor]

yeah.

[MemeSupreme]

LISTEN listen...

i was watching a show and my legs & feet are sore, so i was feeling too lazy to get up

[Asker]

Okay hold up, I'm trying not to think wrong but the more you say things the harder it becomes to not think wrong because first why would you lay down with your hands dirty second your legs and feet were sore and you were watching a show and if you say your hands weren't dirty before watching the show, that will seal the deal, I was thinking maybe you were making a pizza but that sounds unlikely 😂

How about u just tell me cause this is sounding like an Aayooo moment no lie

[StudyingAuthor]

Facts... that's what I was thinking. lol.

[Asker]

Yep that's quite a TMI moment 💀

[MemeSupreme]

what the hell did i just read LMAO

i ate pizza, so my hands were dirty. i was sore bc of work and my new shoes suck so i was just comfy being on that couch

[MemeSupreme]

no TMI here you gotta worry about

[Asker]

See was that so hard? I felt like a damn milk farmer the way you had me milking for some valid details on what you were talking about 😂

[StudyingAuthor]

LMAOOOO.

[MemeSupreme]

nope

more like you BAITED me into giving more details

[Asker]

😇😇😇

[Kelley1]

Pedophile is frequently used incorrectly such as calling a twenty-five year old a pedophile if he is dating a sixteen year old.

[Asker]

Yea that just falls into creep pedophilia is children specifically if I'm not mistaken which is 12 and under

[Kelley1]

Specifically, a psychiatric disorder in which an adult has sexual fantasies about or engages in sexual acts with a prepubescent child; generally defined as those ranging from age 9 to 12,

[Asker]

What's it called when it's about teens tho, teenaphilia? 😂

[Kelley1]

For early teens such as 13 and 14, it is called Hebephilia.

[Asker]

I never would've guessed that 💀

[Asker]

I bet you searched it up tho 😂

[Kelley1]

Yes I did. It is from Wikipedia.

[Asker]

I would've done the same

[DryGermanGuy]

Literally. It almost never is.
Like. So is it like xyz or is it xyz?
Shocked. 🙄

[StudyingAuthor]

I gotta say fire. Like this food is fire. That's not what fire means lol.

[Asker]

🌚🌚🌚

[StudyingAuthor]

What's that supposed to mean?

[Asker]

I use fire 🌚

[StudyingAuthor]

and? you use it wrong. I mean I use fire too but slang is lowkey stupid and incorrect.

[Asker]

Well I didn't make it up so it's not my problem 😌

[StudyingAuthor]

Lol, true.

[belle_kai]

Disingenuous. Everyone and their mum is using it

[Asker]

What does the word even mean? Lol

[belle_kai]

A fake person basically! I've also head a lot of people say generally instead of genuinely when speaking 🤣

[belle_kai]

Heard*

[Asker]

That must give second hand embarrassment, the words don't sound anything alike 😂

[TommyMountainFigure]

Oh that's an easy one for me to answer Chico.

When people misuse the word 'So' by putting it at the start of a response to a question.

[Crimsyjo]

So... what you saying is?

🤣😝

[TommyMountainFigure]

@Crimsyjo lmao. trust you to use it correctly :P

[Crimsyjo]

Oh did i? Lol. I don't think i even know the difference anymore haha

[strateguy632]

sweet! i do that at the start of chapters in my stories just to be relatable... but you are right that is misused.

[TommyMountainFigure]

@strateguy632 You know when someone asks a question, and the start of the response is 'so...'. I wanna shout.. SO BLOODY WHAT! lol I can't help it.. I just find it grates on me.

[Crimsyjo]

Haha bit if the answer is not as black and white as maybe the asker expects is it not natural to go "sooo... about that" or "sooo... before I can answer that I have to tell you this... "
Lol

[TommyMountainFigure]

@Crimsyjo oO can really go off of people ya know :P I'm just kiddin' >:D<

Let me see if I can narrow down WHY it irritates me so much.. It doesn't feel a natural answer. It's as if it's contrived. I would rather the person held up a finger to signify 'wait a minute' and then answer. I'm not all that keen on 'well' at the start of a sentence either.. It's just a pet peeve. We all have them I suppose.

[Crimsyjo]

Haha I don't like people saying "like" a lot as a filler word even tho sometimes I find myself doing it too if I'm around someone younger who does it. Just to sound on their level lol.
Oh God... both our pet peeves together! Just imagine!
"So, like, I was gonna do this thing like and so when I got there like it was so stupid"...

😂

[TommyMountainFigure]

@Crimsyjo :))))) I SO shouldn't laugh but that tickled me, LIKE :P

You are a bad BAD influence on me, you know that right?

[Crimsyjo]

Hahaha! But I'm an 😇 really. Don't know how I could be a bad influence on anyone... 👀😶‍🌫️😬

[DrPepper12]

Fascist
Deplorable
MAGAt
Ammosexual
Incel
Christo-fascist
Bible thumper
Conservative
Evangelical
Insurrectionist
Trumper
Mainstream Media
Cuckold
Useful idiot

And lots of other GOP descriptors!

[RavVid]

Certainly agree with you on brave.

Amazing, fantastic and all associated hyperbole.

[NathanDavis]

"facts"

[NathanDavis]

and also... "research"

[StudyingAuthor]

lol, facts!

[NathanDavis]

@StudyingAuthor I've done my research about it...

[StudyingAuthor]

Lol, and I checked one website, or I read one book, so I know all. Or I just googled it, so I did my research. LMAO.

[strateguy632]

same category "experts" when hiding name.

[CubaPirate]

Like! Especially in Britsh youth culture nowadays

[Anonymous]

Gaslighting, toxic, narcissistic

[Asker]

Lol true

[TheRealPepperPotts]

I agree. The minute we disagree or address something with someone and they don't like it, we're "gaslighting" them. Gaslighting is trying to control how someone views reality. I have found that when someone uses the term, they are usually the ones gaslighting, because they are in denial of reality and don't want to be challenged or confronted.

[OlderAndWiser]

Random.

[VoyeurGuy]

Literally

[strateguy632]

they put that in a comedy "guy: it was literaly a million degrees" gal: "literally?"

[andreasderjuengere]

''patriotic'' :D

[andreasderjuengere]

Some more popping up now:
- Freedom
- Gender
- Right
- Liberal
- Great
- Racism
... I could dig deeper, but you get the trend, right? (oops, now I said it myself)

[Agape93]

Irony

[Kelly6]

SORRY

[DrPepper12]

It drives me BATSHIT CRAZY when people say "Sorry" when they mean "Excuse me". Sorry has lost ALL meaning!!

[exitseven]

Potrzebie

[noohair]

Like