Thread: WOKE...do you use this word incorrectly....or others?

Originally Posted by windsock

"Reality" TV!

Damn if that is reality or even close to anything like it, then I prefer my unreal unscripted and unedited existence...

Yep... This has KILLED Free to Air TV... it's all Total crap

WOKE

A "Posh" name for an Asian style frypan that you cook up your stir fry in

Acronym when initialism is meant.
Stationary vs stationery.
Humbled vs honoured - why do award recipients say they're "humbled"? It's damn near rude to say you feel lesser or diminished because they get recognition.
And lately ventilate instead of vent, most recently during the Lehrmann trial when Higgins said she called her boyfriend to "ventilate".

Word of the moment, "vunerable" instead of "vulnerable".

Worst of all, in many newspapers and news stories, "One in five Australians are........." !!!!!!!!!!

Similarly "None are......."

Does no one understand the difference between singular and plural.

Peter

.....not to mention, "The team are..."

I guess that like most linguistic abominations that the following one originated in the USA.

It seems some people are unaware of the fact that fractions exist, so they insist on using multiples when making comparisons.

They say that a 25 year old is twice as young as a 50 year old. Surely they are half as old.

They say that a carbon fibre kayak is twice as light as a fibreglass kayak. Surely it is half the weight.

The version using multiples doesn't make sense mathematically. They say product A is three times cheaper than product B. So if product B costs $10, three times $10 is $30. How can product A cost $30 less than $10?

Originally Posted by Saitch

.....not to mention, "The team are..."

Collective nouns can be a bit complicated. There are times when the focus is on the individuals who make up the group.

It would be correct to say that the team are all wearing different coloured socks.

There is an explanation as well as a couple of better examples here:
Pronoun Agreement: Collective Nouns | Touro University

However, a lot of times your criticism is justified.

Originally Posted by Saitch

.....not to mention, "The team are..."

Folk who say "Punters" when actually referring to Viewers &/or Clients need a kick in the arse.

No, really.