words and phrases that people often get wrong in awkward ways

On more than one occasion I've heard somebody say that they had experienced something surreal, akin to an "outer body experience."

Every time I see somebody type the word 'noone" on the socials I have to snarkily reply "Really? What was Peter Noone doing there? Was there a Hermits reunion gig going on?"

I might be wrong about this, but I don't think "enormity" refers just to large size.

I haven't scrolled back through this thread, but the "absurd" vs "absurdist" thing *drives me up a wall*, and so many people do it.

my parents straight-up laughed at me when, at like age seven, i pronounced socrates the way any little anglophone kid would

i have never forgiven them

years later, Bill and Ted stole that pronunciation from you

it's not a word or phrase, but it's humorous that a completely unimportant thing like "what is the answer to this math problem" always results in wrong answers and huge knockdown drag out arguments online, mostly because everybody forgot PEMDAS after they left school and just do the problem left to right.

awkwardly wrong to say PEMDAS when it's BODMAS

HERE WE GO FOLKS, THREAD IS ABOUT TO TAKE OFFFFFFFFFFFF

due diligence

genuinely when I first heard people talking about FODMAP I was trying to remember what the hell maths operations that stood for

FUBAR

SNAFU

I actually taught some youthful coworkers what a snafu is and they were eager to employ this useful acronym

my parents straight-up laughed at me when, at like age seven, i pronounced socrates the way any little anglophone kid would

i have never forgiven them

― mookieproof, Monday, February 19, 2024 3:45 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

check out 13:41 for one of my favorite jokes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyOvrEuXHCw