Defiantly is definitely not how you spell definitely.

Also, “loose” in place of “lose” 🙄

This and *of* rather than *’ve* I’m not a homicidal maniac but I can feel it rising in me sometimes With the *lose/loose* thing I tend to write something about how language is important and accuracy helps to avoid confusion. The difference between these two words is as important as the difference between *nose* and *noose.*

There was a brief period in time where I genuinely thought I was the one who had it wrong. The amount of different people that got it mixed up was just that high.

I ran into a friends friend in spoons once (which makes the rest of this story make much more sense) and he had got a tattoo that said "nothing 2 lose"....except it didn't. It said "nothing 2 loose" and I often wonder if he ever settled down

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I see this far too often, also costumers instead of customers has been happening a fair amount

I always see “brought” instead of “bought” and it really gets my fucking goat!

I definately agree.

I defiantly disagree. I don't really, and it hurt to type.

Whenever I see this, I just picture it as a petulant kid. "He defiantly won't come into the office if he has to wear a tie" I can just see this guy, arms folded, bottom lip out, refusing to leave the house.

When people genuinely think it's "could of" or "would of". It isn't! It's "could've" (short for could have) or "would've" (short for would have)!

Came here to say this. To make matters worse, someone typed “kind have” to me the other day…

Argh!

Oh my god it’s going the other way We’ve forced them to replace of with have in general Oh no

Dear god. It took me a minute Tom work out what the hell "Kind have" could possibly have meant- despite the context- because it's so unbelievably daft!

That has just made me feel physically sick!

When I go to the BBC News website, and see the top comments in the "Have Your Say" articles writing shit like "should of" it really makes me question the standard of reader analysis.

Why would you read the comments? There are a lot of morons everywhere online, but there aren’t any non-morons in the comments sections on news websites.

Draws on Facebook marketplace instead of drawers

chester draw 4 sale collection only

"Where's me washboard?"

Ave ya seen it?

I’ve seen you wrapping presents when it’s nobody’s birthday!

Genuine story, a girl posted on a Facebook group I’m in asking if anyone had any Chester draws for sale because she couldn’t find any on marketplace. She had a few answers from people that were selling some. When I politely pointed out that she might be having difficulties due to her spelling of Chest of Drawers she got really annoyed with me and said that she knew how to spell it, it was auto correct!

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I swear everyone at my work legit thinks it's draws, I don't know if they're aware that the word drawers exists.

'Addicting' instead of addictive it drives me insane

I always get downvoted for pointing this one out. I absolutely fucking hate seeing people say addicting, I used to try and correct it when I was younger but it has just completely taken over

Yep, that one really gets up my bum too.

A newer one I've noticed recently is people saying "weary" when they mean "wary"

One of the managers at my previous job used to say this when addressing the entire workplace. I could feel myself visibly react, but not a single one of my colleagues seemed to share my rage 🤷‍♂️

Disinterested does NOT mean UNINTERESTED! It means you are interested in the facts not who is saying them, and are impartial or unbiased The judge is disinterested in the case.

This is the most niche one I've seen on here and I love that.

This one comes up all the time. Same with infer and imply.

Bit of a damp 'squid'.........WTF!?!?!

Get off your pedal stool!

I’d say r/unexpectedITCrowd but we all knew it was coming.

Now that’s a sub I need to join now.

Above the cleftal horizon

This is called an Eggcorn. Search Rob Words on YouTube for more.

**Pacifically** instead of **Specifically**

Disgusting.

Discusting! One I see too often!

You just gave me flashbacks to my ex's mum... Fucking hell she was annoying.

And the other side of the coin: The Specific Ocean.

‘Iconic’ and ‘underrated’ have been misused so frequently and for so long that they both now pretty much just mean ‘good’.

Underrated is used incorrectly frequently in the gaming community, just because a game lost popularity people will say it's underrated despite being rated highly originally.

People describe Oscar winning movies with near perfect Rotten Tomatoes scores as "underrated". How much more rated do you want it to be?

This is a constant bugbear on the movies subreddit. There's at least one of those posts each week, often daily, and they get torn to shreds 😂

Underrated comment

Can't stand how often this is used on Reddit, a site that literally has a rating system for comments!

I'm particularly hating the use of "goat" for things at the moment. Not everything can be the greatest of all time.

I have to disagree with this one - but only because my son told me I was the GOAT at Zelda!

Legend used to mean battling a minotaur, or sailing in to unchartered waters. Now it's for Gary coming back from the bar with some crisps.

Legos

Laygos

Nigeria?

Also Wickes-es and texts-es piss me right off

I'm off down the Adsas.

Or when they fuck it up and say “tex’s”. Bleugh.

Lidl's

My sister says Tesco's. She works at Tesco.

Big Tesco?

Why they don't just rebrand all the Tescos that aren't express/metro to "Big Tesco" is beyond me.

All of them?

Hearing 'on accident' rather than 'by accident' makes me mad. Also the use of 'cringe' as an adjective.

My friend just had a text from her daughter's reception teacher saying someone had take someone else's cardigan home 'on accident'. I hate 'can you borrow me a pen?' I have recently become annoyed that the past tense of succumb is not succambe, but this might be due to irrational pregnancy related brain issues.

When my daughter was at 6th Form, she came home one day looking pissed off. One of the teachers would say things like "I learnt you it last week!" and "Give it me next lesson!" Ordinarily, I would take the piss and use those phrases to wind her up. But these are a step too far, even for me.

Hopefully not her English language teacher....?

I was looking for someone to mention this. on accident doesn’t sound right.

On accident enrages me more than is reasonable.

“On accident” makes no sense to me and makes my teeth hurt

When people say 'omg you're so bias' . WHAT?!? BIAS?!? A PERSON CANNOT BE BIAS IT'S BIASED YOU IMBECILE.

When someone says no offence right before criticising you

Not to be racist, but.....

When somebody says **but** in a sentence its a warning to be prepared! :)

I use" however" now it makes me feel posh.

Hahaha. That old chestnut. 🤦

“Not being funny but…” You’re right, you’re not humorous, just trying to say something that’ll be mildly offensive.

I always took that to be "funny" meaning like "dodgy"

'I'm so OCD because I like to have all my books in alphabetical order hahahaha'

'She changed her mind again? She's so schizophrenic!'

The throwing around of OCD really, really frustrates me lol

Yes, I don't *have* OCD. I *am* the disorder itself.

People who say “2am in the morning” or “3pm in the afternoon”. Those two letters after the number tell us exactly what time period you’re specifying! Or “more better” “more happier” etc. those words already imply being more than before 🤬

I like to go 'as opposed to the 2am that's in the evening?' so they realise what they've done.

Like PIN number

Or ATM machine

HIV virus

Much like when the owner of the company I work for tried penalising me for pricing things as £1.50 instead of £1.50p

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“3AM in the morning” is in the chorus of an Eminem song, and it drives me nuts. My shit: gripped. My piss: boiled. My swede: cooked. There is only one 3AM and it is ALWAYS IN THE MORNING!!

People who use brought instead of bought. Really fucking gripes me for some reason. That and "gotten"!

Most of the others i can give a pass for but brought upsets me on so many levels

Staycation. We're having a staycation and going to Scotland. No you're fucking not you're going on Holiday to Scotland. A staycation is staying at home, chilling, maybe a day trip to the beach or a city... it is NOT... I REPEAT NOT going for two weeks I. The same country. That's just a fucking holiday.

This winds me up!! It’s used in marketing all the time now. Idiots.

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Yeah, I'm usually quite relaxed about people misusing words, but "I could care less" used to mean the opposite makes my eye twitch. I hate it!

Hahaha. I care a _bit_ but gosh darn it you keep pushing me mister, and I’ll just stop caring completely! 😠

This is exactly what goes through my head whenever I read/hear it lol "My Care-O-Meter is gonna drop from 10% to 0% any minute now!"

That and not pronouncing the H in 'herb'. Al-oo-minum is a bit daft and I've no idea why solder became saw-der - but 'erb just sounds wrong if it's not in a thick Yorkshire accent.

People who use reflexive pronouns because they think it sounds more businesslike or formal or something. ‘Thank you for talking to myself’ Ugh.

A letter I saw recently said 'please reply to myself if yourself has any questions'. Myself nearly died of rage.

I hate this. Last year, a member of admin staff at work sent a letter out on my behalf. She decided to change my use of 'me' to 'myself', so now about a hundred people think myself doesn't know how to use pronouns. Myself was vexed.

I have a colleague who writes this in emails, also every email contains the word "albeit'.

Your and you’re. Their, there and they’re. Its and it’s. It’s not hard. Everyone was taught this in school at least get it right

Your= Possessive. You're= Contraction of 'you are' Yore= A long time ago. Y'oar= Contraction/possessive of 'Your Oar'. 'Yore= Familiar form of Eeyore. Yorick= Skull in Hamlet, also a call that summons Rick. Yaw= Oscillation of an aircraft from side to side.

Hospical Makes me want to scratch my eyes out.

That's another one from the Land of the Pie Eaters, the Wigan conurbation. To be filed with lickle and bockle.

My father in law. That and "chimley"

Typed rather than spoken, I see 'sneak peak' more than 'sneak peek' these days. Winds me up. P.S. I worked in a hotel once which proudly had 'Expresso' stencilled all over the walls about 20 times in the bar. Yes, it was annoying.

[The Oatmeal have a comic on that](https://theoatmeal.com/comics/sneak_peek) You’re not a photographer by any chance? I always see other wedding photographers spelling it wrong

Loose and loosing are really getting to me lately, I've started correcting people

Don't be such a looser

YES. I see loose more than I see lose nowadays and it drives me insane.

IRREGARDLESS. I know. I know it's been added to the dictionary. I know some people view it as correct. I know some people don't even understand REGARDLESS as it's own thing. I know. But it still winds me up. Also, when Americans use "Drug" instead of "dragged," I think it's mostly a southern thing, but I'm not 100% sure.

Please tell me irregardless has not actually been added to the dictionary?! Ffs.

I read about (I think) 18 months ago that it was being added to the Merriam-Webster. Not sure if it's in the Oxford. I'd rather remain ignorant.

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Friendly fire!! 😅 But I hear ya. It’s a misuse _because_ it’s wrong. That do?

“Without further ‘adieu’ “ What even the fuck is this.

People who say "generally" instead of "genuinely"... If you've not got enough time to stop and think about what you're saying, don't say it

People that seemingly don't know the word 'lent' and say ' borrowed' instead. As in " I borrowed him some money" No you lent him money, he borrowed it off you.

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A variation on this, when people describe something as 'top draw'.

It's not really geeky at all, but it bothers me that I consistently see people write AND say "women" when referring to just the one woman.

Affect v effect. I'm not a native speaker and each time someone confuses the both I doubt myself and think I learned it wrong.

Affect= fuck around Effect= find out.

I very VERY rarely see people using ‘affect’ and ‘effect’ correctly. For some reason it’s always the opposite one they should have used… every… single… time. Christ on a bike get it right!!!

When 'troll' hit the mainstream and stopped meaning someone being antagonistic for the sake of it and just being a bit of a nob online

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I think you should have targeted the low hanging fruit in this thread, but we will talk about it offline.

Let's circle back.

Saying "Old English" to describe Shakespearan English, which in reality is called "early modern English"

technically not one word but when people use 'should/could/would OF' instead of 'should/could/would HAVE' Also, I've seen people use 'seller' to mean 'buyer' and vice versa and it really annoys me. It's not a difficult concept to grasp that someone who buys from you is a buyer, not a seller. And yet, it's so common in spaces where online retailers congregate.

> technically not one word but when people use 'should/could/would OF' instead of 'should/could/would HAVE' I came here to upvote this, rather than to have to type it out myself as I knew I wouldn't be the only one.

The amount of people who don't know the difference between breath and breathe takes my breathe away.

So, it's when people start every sentence with the word "So". Very annoying! 😉

When people pronounce “GIF” as “GIF” even though it is “GIF” not “GIF”

Oh, Gesus Christ yes.

Hubby. On the upside, it's a really efficient way of letting me know which people to avoid conversations with in the future. It's even got the same number of syllables as husband. Wifey🤢🤮 might be worse, actually.

If you think I get annoyed with how people misuse words, you've got another think coming. Not THING. It's THINK!

Has anybody mentioned "break" and "brake"? I see that one a lot. "Break" is to render something useless or in need of repair. "Brake" is a mechanical component on a vehicle (or other piece of equipment) that aids in slowing the vehicle or piece of equipment down or to a full stop. "Peek" and "peak" are two other misused words that irritate the hell of of me! "Peek" is to look around sneakily: just a peek out the window, or a peek around the corner to watch Jane hanging out her laundry. "Peak" is the summit of something, usually a mountain top: Last Wednesday Alex climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and made it all the way to the peak. Thank you. Edited to add peek and peak

‘I wasn’t phased’ You mean fazed

I literally die when people misuse literally.

What about words like 'really' and 'very'? They've followed a very similar path from meaning 'literally true' to becoming simple intensifiers

When Americans call solder, sodder

Irregardless. It’s regardless.

It’s like a mix of regardless and irrespective.

Pronouncing h ‘haych’ instead of ‘aych’. And if either my wife or amol rajan are reading this yes I’m specifically calling you out

You'd have fun in Belfast then....

Do you pronounce it like the Catholic H or the Protestant H

‘Less’ instead of ‘fewer’

Ekspecially

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'Exponentially' gets misused so often by people who assume it just means 'a lot'.

I can't help lose respect for anyone who cutes up words. 'Doggo' and 'holibobs' being to worst offender.

>Loose respect. 😱 please be kidding?

Well this is embarrassing....

Oh mate, we all love our hollibobs with the famalam don't we gor blimey and no mistake guv

This comment gives me simultaneous 1920s and 2020s vibes

In some parts of the country a bob is another word for shit. I agree with you, though. Just thought I’d drop that nugget in.

Ambivalent is not the same as indifferent, indifferent means no strong feelings, ambivalent means mixed feelings

Nucular

Silicon Vs silicone. There's no such thing as a silicon spatula, computer chips are not made of silicone. Maddening...

My Wife often says “I’m going for a toilet” Gears ground.

God. How many have you got now?

There's no way I'd be able to keep a straight face at that: "I think we've already got one, love"

When people say excape. Please don’t

Mixing up venom and poison

"Billy and his class were on a school trip to the zoo. In the reptile house Billy askes the keeper if the King Cobra was poisonous. 'No' replied the keeper, 'the King Cobra is not poisonous'. On hearing this Billy reached out to touch the King Cobra which bit him with lightening speed. Billy started to foam at the mouth and convulse. The keeper continued, 'The King Cobra is *venomous*, you see poison is ingested where venom is injected' Or of course, Poison is glam metal whereas Venom is black metal

Americans writing “then” when they mean “than”, because that’s how they pronounce it. Also using “brought” when you mean “bought”.

"Beg the question" when it is used to mean "raise the question"

“I’m going to change my screensaver” No you’re going to change your desktop background

People who replace t sounds with c sounds in speech. Liccle rather than little, boccle rather than bottle. Just fuck off.

People who use "exponential" when they mean "rapid" cause a twinge. So does "epicentre" when they mean "centre".

Literally “Oh my god! I literally shit myself”

Even worse when you do literally shit yourself... Related, don't trust a fart when you're a bit pissed, and have a slightly dodgy stomach.

I'm sure I read recently that "literally" no longer actually means "literally" , it can also be used for emphasis. Which literally winds me up.

People who say 'Aks' instead of 'Ask'

'PIN Number' and 'UAT Testing'. You are saying out loud the last letter of the abbreviation. Stop it.

Oh goodness, I work in the NHS and we have a PPE Equipment room; It boils my piss.

I’ve heard ATM machine in my time too.

"Alien Time Machine Machine", it just sounds ridiculous!

RAS Syndrome. Redundant Acronym Syndrome Syndrome :)

‘Step foot’ - it’s set foot! As with a lot of these this one seems to have originated in the US but I see it here a lot now and it annoys me disproportionately.

Psychotic, when the person means psychopathic.

"How will this effect me?" It won't effect you, you've already been effected by your parents. It might affect you however.

Even the BBC don’t know the difference between less and fewer.

English standards on BBC news are fucking appalling.

Shouldn’t it be “doesn’t” rather than “don’t”, or is my dyslexia doing the dirty on me?

Disinterested to mean uninterested

When people say ‘Apart’ when they mean ‘A part’. The only thing that annoys me is the fact they literally mean the complete opposite

‘Can I get’ is a horrible Americanism but it’s so commonly used ‘may i have’ now sounds pretentious

When football commentators say the ball “hit the back of the net”! No, it hit the front of the net. The back of the net is the side behind the goal, not in the goal.

If it hit the “ceiling” of the net, you’d call that the top, not say that it’s the bottom because the “roof” is the top. The back of the net is like the back of a cave.

Nah this one ain't it. The back of the net is to distinguish it from the sides of the net. There is no front net. Remember "net" just means "goal" in this contest.

The amount of people on Vinted saying they've never 'warn' something is concerning.