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Anonymous wrote:My pet peeve is how many educated people in my company use the word myself incorrectly. Such as when you're done writing your review send it to John and myself. No it is send it to John and me.

I don't know who started this trend, but it has got to stop.

It's the same people who say "usage" (seriously, show me ONE place where "use" isn't just as good as and probably better than "usage,") and think "impactful" is better than effective. Nvm that impactful wasn't even a word until a few years ago. It's small-dick business majors adding extra syllables to existing words in an attempt to make themselves look important. I laugh at them derisively.

Also, "orientate." As in, "let's get you orientated to the system." Was I not paying attention when "orient" was stricken from the dictionary??

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Anonymous wrote:There's a whole slew of words that got picked up by dumb people or people trying to sound smarter than they are that are now infiltrating regular use.

"Gift" as a verb. It sounds SO stupid coming from a native speaker. Like how do you speak English as a first language and not know that verbs and nouns are different. Do you gift a gift? OMG my DH gifted me a gift of a gift card! Adult is headed that way too. "Yay for successfully adulting." This one at least is still a little tongue-in-cheek, but people will talk about gifting someone something with a perfectly straight face; I don't think they're trying to be silly. I think they honestly don't know how wrong and dumb it is.

And "comfortability." Especially since the pandemic. "We need to assess everyone's comfortability with indoor events." Do you mean... comfort?

Makes me think less of anyone who does it.

Add "prideful" to this list.

It's slowly replacing "proud" and it drives me crazy

Anonymous wrote:My husband never throwing out old food in the fridge. If I died or left him, I think he would stuff so much in there and it would rot and stink and he wouldn’t know what to do. Then he would probably try to serve it to the kids, while eating bites himself to prove it is fine. Then, he would throw up but state it is due to a virus the kids gave him.

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Anonymous wrote:None. I'm ovulating, and always happy at that time. It's nice to have at least one day a month when everything is awesome.

People who think it is acceptable to tell you about their cycles. Gross!

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Anonymous wrote:My spouse comes into rooms I'm sitting in and turns off the light, then leaves. He thinks the room is bright enough, but isn't actually using the room. Makes me crazy.

I could be your spouse! I think people who rely on overhead lighting in the evening anywhere but the kitchen are soulless monsters. If DH is sitting in the living room past 9 pm with a bunch of overhead lights going, I dim them. We don’t need our house lit up like a cheap apartment late at night.

Anonymous wrote:My pet peeve is how many educated people in my company use the word myself incorrectly. Such as when you're done writing your review send it to John and myself. No it is send it to John and me.

I don't know who started this trend, but it has got to stop.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My pet peeve is how many educated people in my company use the word myself incorrectly. Such as when you're done writing your review send it to John and myself. No it is send it to John and me.

I don't know who started this trend, but it has got to stop.

See, that's not an irrational pet peeve. You're right!

Anonymous wrote:My pet peeve is how many educated people in my company use the word myself incorrectly. Such as when you're done writing your review send it to John and myself. No it is send it to John and me.

I don't know who started this trend, but it has got to stop.

Anonymous wrote:My spouse comes into rooms I'm sitting in and turns off the light, then leaves. He thinks the room is bright enough, but isn't actually using the room. Makes me crazy.

Anonymous wrote:My spouse comes into rooms I'm sitting in and turns off the light, then leaves. He thinks the room is bright enough, but isn't actually using the room. Makes me crazy.