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Words you've misused.

ExOffender · 2005-04-16 17:57:26

I was doing the Irish Times Simplex the other day, and I came across a clue that said: 'Terse, using few words.' It was 7 letters, L_C_N_C. One glance and I knew that 'laconic' was all that was ever going to be. All my life, well, ok, for the last fifteen years or so, I've thought that when someone spoke 'laconically' they…

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#32 17-04-2005 9:43pm

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my mammy is still a virgin. Am i an immaculate conception?

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#33 17-04-2005 9:46pm

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No..your just a miracle. Your special!

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#34 17-04-2005 9:56pm

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ColHol wrote:

my mammy is still a virgin. Am i an immaculate conception?

No, you're adopted.

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#35 17-04-2005 10:08pm

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pickarooney wrote:

'fulsome' as in 'a fulsome apology' is almost always used to mean complete and unequivocal when in fact it's anythign but.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fulsome

Usage Note: Fulsome is often used to mean “offensively flattering or insincere.” But the word is also used, particularly in the expression fulsome praise, to mean simply “abundant,” without any implication of excess or insincerity. This usage is etymologically justified but may invite misunderstandings in contexts in which a deprecatory interpretation could be made. The sentence I offer you my most fulsome apologies may raise an eyebrow, where the use of an adjective like full or abundant would leave no room for doubt as to the sincerity of the speaker's intentions.

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#36 17-04-2005 10:18pm

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Minesajackdaniels wrote:

The "Yore grammahr suxors" thread is something of a pillar of boards.ie in its later years.

Indeed, it could even merit a gathering card.

The basic fact of the matter is this: if you're remotely literate, having to read the neanderthal scratchings of those who are substantially illiterate is irritating.

Kinda like vaginal thrush - nobody wants to think about it, but if it has your attention, you just have to scratch...

he he he i like it

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#37 17-04-2005 10:45pm

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My mum's annoyances that's she's just conveyed to me are "something reaching a crescendo" this is not possible as a crescendo is a gradual increase in the dynamic and not the loudest point itself.

The other one is people saying something is "kind of unique" or "pretty unique". Either something is unique or not.

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#38 17-04-2005 10:50pm

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Minesajackdaniels wrote:

Kinda like vaginal thrush - nobody wants to think about it, but if it has your attention, you just have to scratch...

*adele* wrote:

he he he i like it

:eek: suppose if that's what rocks your boat..

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#39 17-04-2005 10:51pm

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Moved from AH

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#40 18-04-2005 2:41pm

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A little OT so sorry, but one phrase I find a bit contradictory is: so and so "has had a meteoric rise". Are meteors not on a downward journey?

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#41 22-04-2005 10:49am

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A little OT so sorry, but one phrase I find a bit contradictory is: so and so "has had a meteoric rise". Are meteors not on a downward journey?

[einstein]It all depends on your viewpoint, dunnit?[/einstein]

Way to kill a thread, Seamus

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#42 22-04-2005 10:59am

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pickarooney wrote:

[einstein]It all depends on your viewpoint, dunnit?[/einstein]

I realised that the second I submitted my post :rolleyes:

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#43 22-04-2005 6:18pm

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Dingatron wrote:

Me too. Too many matches. I'm as common as muck! Time to change my name by depot.

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#44 20-05-2005 3:45pm

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apparently is misused all the time when thing maybe allegedly would be better.

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#45 24-05-2005 5:35pm

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Quite & quite

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#46 25-05-2005 4:25pm

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quit and quite and quiet?

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#47 25-05-2005 4:57pm

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Sociopath.

Correct definition: Someone who has markedly antisocial behaviour.
Misused definition: Someone who acts like an extremist socialite.

I used to imagine a sociopath as being someone who moved from one person to another, to another - all as part of a psychological condition where they craved attention.

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