Misused Words That Piss You Off

dangermows

Striker

• Apr 15, 2014

• #261

Tex said:

Where are yay from like? Cos all your pet hates are common as mick among us mackems.

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Mackems say chalk

 

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Deleted member 634

Guest

• Apr 16, 2014

• #262

Loose and lose is always on here.

 

19seventy3

Midfield

• Apr 16, 2014

• #263

Somebody on my Fb told everyone she had 'ear rake' last week

 

AlpineExile

Striker

• Apr 16, 2014

• #264

19seventy3 said:

Somebody on my Fb told everyone she had 'ear rake' last week

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One of them would be very useful if she had so much muck in her ears that she's growing tatties in there.

 

FootballFan

Striker

• Apr 16, 2014

• #265

Kevin Arnott's right boot said:

Illegible instead of ineligible. "Sunderland were fined for fielding an illegible player"

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Good description for most of them tbh

 

aukq

Striker

• Apr 16, 2014

• #266

this thread is

AMAZEBALLS!

 

Cockney Mackem

Striker

Contributor

• Apr 16, 2014

• #267

Pete Bog said:

Juxtaposed or however you spell it?! What the fuck does it mean?

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If you don't know what it means, how do you know if the person saying it is misusing it?

 

PixieFaceFTM

Winger

• Apr 16, 2014

• #268

When people get "generally" and "genuinely" mixed up.


Bugs me.

 

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redgauntlet

Striker

• Apr 16, 2014

• #269

Been instead of Being. Alls, where did the "s" come from? Probablys (likewise).

 

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Pete Bog

Midfield

• Apr 16, 2014

• #270

AlpineExile said:

Juxta is from the latin for 'near' or 'by the side of', and Pose is from the latin 'pausāre' which means 'to cease, lie down, lay down'.

So juxtapose just means to put two things side by side [whether literally or metaphorically].

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TA!

 

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Deleted member 634

Guest

• Apr 16, 2014

• #271

When people stick an extra word in a sentence that isn't required. 'like that bellend DJ of ov radio 1'

 

Tex

Striker

• Apr 16, 2014

• #272

redgauntlet said:

Been instead of Being. Alls, where did the "s" come from? Probablys (likewise).

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It's Probablys, it problies which is genuine Mackem, the same way we say mebbies instead of maybe.