The misuse of words grinds my gears. I have a short list of the worst offenders I’ve heard recently.
- “An exuberant amount of money.” No, it’s an exorbitant amount of money.
- “Pundint.” You mean to say, pundit, no second n.
- Erudite sounds like it looks: Air-oo-dite. It’s not “aeriodite.”
- You don’t “flaunt the law.” You flout it.
- Library has an r in it. Not “Lie-berry.”
- Elon Musk AKA Phony Stark, is not an inventor. He’s an investor who considers you not at all. (That’s not altogether fair. He thinks a lot of you are parasites.)
Which misused words irk you?