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

Effect instead of affect, affect instead of effect, will do for a start.

Language evolves, just have to keep up.

"Medium strip" instead of "Median".

"Of" in place of "Have" is an absolute travesty.

Hi,
Snuck in
Trud on
Clumb down
Skun it
Squoze it
A small slither
Simular to

Youse lot


Cheers

Two that irritate me regularly :

Dun (as in I dun that).
That needs fixed.

The word "absolutely" is the one that really pees me off. It's used everywhere for anything by anyone especially stupid pollies. I blame a local car dealer here in Perth ( just over the Causeway in Vic Park) who used it in his adverts some years ago and its use has really taken off.
Really ****es me off to hear it used in such a way that makes its use absolutely stupid. Absolutely it does.....
AlanH.

As with any word that is as laden as "woke" it has become an almost derogatory term for extreme leftists types as well.

Fascinating how that goes. I wonder also when we should allow "new" words into a dictionary since this word will most likely not last a decade?

Cheers,
-P

I’ve noticed many times in US writings the use of “then” instead of “than” and vice versa. It often completely changes the meaning of a sentence, e.g., “I’d rather get a fine then lose my licence.” Yes, I’ve seen that written.

Again Americans saying “drug” instead of “dragged”, “grinded” instead of “ground” as in “I grinded the coffee”.