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rexchapman.bsky.social • 148 days ago

“I could care less.”

Reposted from Merriam-Webster

For all intensive purposes, what idioms or colloquialisms do people seem to constantly get wrong?

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rnb2rock.bsky.social•148 days ago

Jerry Lewis; ain't it quaint.
Dean Martin: don't say ain't
Jerry Lewis; isn't it quisint.

rickh2.bsky.social•148 days ago

For all intensive purposes, I could care less, irregardless.

memocat.bsky.social•148 days ago

😉

karenhunter.bsky.social•148 days ago

right off the back, I knew you couldn't care less.

gr8fuldad.bsky.social•148 days ago

How everything is suddenly "surreal". How does it feel to be drafted? It's surreal...

streamthevote.bsky.social•148 days ago

“Granited”

micherz.bsky.social•148 days ago

"Ain't nothing" double negative

boboinparadise.bsky.social•148 days ago

Begs the question, from even the smartest guys in the room.
Over and over.
Like they never studied Shakespearean English or something...

arthur--dent.bsky.social•148 days ago

"Literally"

artemis46.bsky.social•148 days ago

"Based off a book." It's based ON a book for crissakes. ON.

rose4us.bsky.social•148 days ago

What’s the difference between ignorance and apathy?

duanehere.bsky.social•148 days ago

Careless of intents and purposes, I suppose

bobgately.bsky.social•148 days ago

Dumb thread, irregardless of your motives.

liligator1.bsky.social•147 days ago

Your welcome 👺

agentcooper1983.bsky.social•148 days ago

no, and I will die on this hill.
"I could care less" is the right way to say it.

20giraffes.bsky.social•148 days ago

“Hone” in on (a subject)

saffronsfloof.bsky.social•148 days ago

Why do you care so much?

ob1alvarez75.bsky.social•148 days ago

"Chomping at the bit."

czandrews.bsky.social•148 days ago

Gazpacho police

sammettsmotter.bsky.social•148 days ago

Disagree.

It's a less hyperbolic version of the sentiment, but still informative.

hewoodifhecould.bsky.social•148 days ago

Have a friend that consistently says “if a push comes to a shove”…

deedeelane.bsky.social•148 days ago

You're a sneaky funny guy, Chapman.

secretoriginz.bsky.social•148 days ago

Did you catch "intensive"?

arthurfontaine.com•148 days ago

I'm gonna miss not being here.

deblavoy.bsky.social•148 days ago

“On accident” for some reason. And we seem to have lost the conditional “were” if I were to consider it.

cams760.bsky.social•148 days ago

That one is so consistently wrong that I think it’s taken on a life of it’s own and we just let it go at this point…

Kind of like Pho (Fa) - it’s just Fo now haha

repeet11.bsky.social•148 days ago

We need to take a different tact.

jsmithitguy.bsky.social•148 days ago

Oh, but I could...
😉

iamjniles.bsky.social•148 days ago

Couldof. It's could have- same with would have a should have. Not wouldof or shouldof.

Also, irregardless. Irregardless isn't even a word. It's "regardless".

Lastly... unthaw. That one drives me crazy 😂

oneirodynia.bsky.social•148 days ago

“Irregardless” is a word. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless

iamjniles.bsky.social•148 days ago

Interesting... you learn something new every day! Thanks for the correction gem, I never knew this.

I stand corrected 😂

oneirodynia.bsky.social•148 days ago

Doesn't mean it's not annoying 🤣

dkelly28.bsky.social•148 days ago

https://youtu.be/8Gv0H-vPoDc?si=3ogYqAtwcqflNBAs

Weird Al is a genius for Word Crimes.

erikrolfsen.com•148 days ago

It can’t be understated how much “I could care less” bothers me.

mackuba.eu•148 days ago

realmatrobnew.bsky.social•148 days ago

"This thread bothers me to no end." NO!!! That means it bothers you for no reason, to no purpose. But I haven't heard this one used correctly for decades.

pgrote56.bsky.social•148 days ago

When people are trying to make a point and say “The thing is, is that…”. Drives me absolutely crazy!

unholydiver1.bsky.social•148 days ago

The one that always grates on me is when I see someone use "would of" instead of "would've". The mind boggles at the idiocy in some people.

jhouston73.bsky.social•148 days ago

"Cold as hell"

marielle922.bsky.social•148 days ago

For all intensive purposes, I agree.

econces516.bsky.social•148 days ago

Nip it in the butt.

danlichtenstein.bsky.social•148 days ago

Who cares...it's a mute point anyways

dameshek.bsky.social•148 days ago

Also - it's plum remarkable how often people confuse LEERY, WEARY & WARY

mikestrahan.bsky.social•148 days ago

Each and every one.

lslook.bsky.social•148 days ago

Wait a second! Isn't it "for all intensive porpoises"? Who knew Merrium-Webster had a sense of humor? 😉

kgrags.bsky.social•148 days ago

Irregardless...anything

childlessdiglady.bsky.social•148 days ago

Anyways -- Not a word. Anyway is.

midwesternliz.bsky.social•148 days ago

I think it’s a midwesternism. We grew up saying “anyways” in Detroit - and I still do.

ernie0326.bsky.social•148 days ago

THIS!!!!

laundry3000.bsky.social•148 days ago

Supposeably

picapicase.bsky.social•148 days ago

I could give a shit.

chrisdepew.bsky.social•148 days ago

Were you champing at the bit to share this?

mistykitty3.bsky.social•148 days ago

"Irregardless".

mistykitty3.bsky.social•148 days ago

It's a word, but never used correctly.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless

micherz.bsky.social•148 days ago

Speaking of words, people who say "Heighth" instead of "Height".

mistykitty3.bsky.social•148 days ago

There are so many! Both words mispronounced & people who do it. I blame our education system, of late. When I went to school, English spelling & grammar was taken every year of school.

liligator1.bsky.social•147 days ago

"Your welcome" makes me crazy!

mistykitty3.bsky.social•147 days ago

I still laugh about "Yo Semite" and "Thighland". But he's soooo smart, smartest the world has ever seen.

williamhintze.bsky.social•148 days ago

It’s a doggy-dog world

magentarocks.bsky.social•148 days ago

This is hilarious...

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/could-couldnt-care-less

stheman.bsky.social•148 days ago

Using “iconic” to mean important or notable.

doctorkorb.bsky.social•148 days ago

Well played!

noilag.bsky.social•148 days ago

Pacifically instead of specifically.

lluttig.bsky.social•148 days ago

How about we start with “…for all intents & purposes…”.

here4dapics.bsky.social•148 days ago

I think you meant to say, “Irregardless, I could care less.”

kleavitt.bsky.social•148 days ago

I could wreck havoc on all the supposably smart people who say, “one in the same”.

[Kudos to Apple Intelligence for valiantly correcting all three of my intentional errors.]

kovi-23.bsky.social•148 days ago

Whole Nother? I hear it a lot - makes zero sense to me.

gottabshelly.bsky.social•148 days ago

“You’ve got another thing coming.”

aggieman1973.bsky.social•148 days ago

"Nip it in the butt" instead of "nip it in the bud"

jeremymaxwell.bsky.social•148 days ago

One is something that a goose does and the other is stopping something before it becomes a bigger issue 😃

ladyfenn.bsky.social•148 days ago

Ok. But hear me out. Does nipping something in the “butt” not also stop something from becoming a bigger issue? I sure as hell would stop in my tracks if something bit my ass. And keep it clean folks…

aggieman1973.bsky.social•148 days ago

Depends on what it is. If it's a grizzly bear, then probably not.

ladyfenn.bsky.social•148 days ago

I feel like a grizzly would swat me first. But point taken. Lol

aggieman1973.bsky.social•148 days ago

🤣🤣🤣

nanamic67.bsky.social•148 days ago

Intensive?????

yattering.com•148 days ago

"It's a mute point."

scoop53575.bsky.social•148 days ago

Suposovley…

liligator1.bsky.social•147 days ago

Supposably...

cbkaplan3.bsky.social•148 days ago

“All of the sudden”

gzach.bsky.social•148 days ago

Let’s just axe

sammettsmotter.bsky.social•148 days ago

"Ax" and "ask" are interchangeable.

It's an old English variation that made it to the mid-Atlantic and Southern states. It's had a strange and fascinating journey.

gzach.bsky.social•148 days ago

Thanks for clarifying. I always wondered what the story was behind this.

bmccurdy.bsky.social•148 days ago

Let’s put a pin in it.

virtualham.bsky.social•148 days ago

I used to get a lot of these wrong, but then I looked a bunch up and made a 360 degree change. 😂

madridaz.bsky.social•148 days ago

Intensive purposes

bugdrown.bsky.social•148 days ago

Thank you!

simpleniceness.bsky.social•148 days ago

Is someone who incorrectly uses an idiom an idiot?

bhenry04.bsky.social•148 days ago

I don’t think it’s stupidity, like words we’ve read but haven’t heard (or vice versa), its something we’ve heard numerous times, just never correctly.

simpleniceness.bsky.social•148 days ago

I was just riffing off of the one-letter difference between the two words ... they both derive from the same Greek root.