A list of 21 words by arby.
- touch basis appears on just this list
- irregardless appears on 43 other lists
- secure deliverly appears on just this list
- should of appears on 6 other lists
- heighth appears on 6 other lists
- asterix appears on 6 other lists
- sherbert appears on 6 other lists
- nucular appears on 14 other lists
- ekcetra appears on just this list
- suppose to appears on 1 other list
- for all intensive purposes appears on 4 other lists
- kerfluffle appears on 12 other lists
- editor-and-chief appears on just this list
- expotential appears on 1 other list
- mute point appears on 2 other lists
- copywrite appears on 1 other list
- problematize appears on 9 other lists
- ice coffee appears on just this list
- stain glass appears on 1 other list
- ice tea appears on 4 other lists
- SME appears on 1 other list
leaden @arby: Calm down. Have a kerfluflun. Or some kerflunitrazepam. May 3, 2013
arby @yarb - ha!
@frogapplause, belatedly - yes, I hate that too, but since "Pacific" is technically a real word (albeit misused in your example), I shan't include it on this list. This list is for words/expressions that just don't exist. (Well, "kerfluffle" is arguable, but I don't like it, I think it should be "kerfuffle".) May 3, 2013
yarb The heighth of ignoranth. May 3, 2013
arby My own father refuses to admit that "heighth" is incorrect!! He says because it's "width" and "breadth" that height has to follow suit. And he has a degree from Wharton! May 2, 2013
frogapplause An elderly neighbor of mine always says "pacific" instead of "specific". It hurts my ears every time I hear her say it. Dec 22, 2008
ofravens Gah, "nucular." HATE. I think I experienced my first "The English language as I know it is actually disintegrating" moment when I found out that dictionaries were actually starting to include "nucular" as an acceptible pronunciation substitute for "nuclear." NO, Merriam-Webster. The fact that the president of the United States happens to pronounce it that way it does not make it okay. Mar 21, 2008
TechnoMom I find it crazy-making when someone "axes" me to "esplain" something, like why people protest "nucular" power plants. Mar 21, 2008
ofravens The one that always drives me up the wall is the use of "step foot" instead of "set foot," as in "I'll never step foot in that building again!" I have to stop and wave my arms with frustration every time I hear it. Mar 21, 2008
reesetee Well then, our job here is done. Nov 28, 2007
arby earworm alert, indeed. Although I actually thought first not of "Funkytown" but Steely Dan's "Barrytown". Of course NOW I can't get "Funkytown" out of my head. Nov 28, 2007
reesetee You're not imagining it, arby--you really are in an alternate universe. Then you come here. Wordietown is real. :-) Nov 27, 2007
chained_bear I just had someone get confused between secession and succession. I guess that's fairly common, but it still drives me batshit. Nov 27, 2007
arby I know, isn't it sad? Sometimes I feel like I'm in an alternate universe where I'm the only one who can spell! And then I come here and remember there are others like me. Nov 27, 2007
reesetee *gasp* Noooo! Nov 27, 2007
arby Also, I just saw this one - editor-and-chief for "editor-in-chief". Nov 27, 2007
arby I always typed it as "ax" (and used to tell these temps that were making calls that when they said, "I want to ax you something" it wasn't like they would be chasing after the people to be surveyed with an axe!) but I never thought of it as "aks" and maybe somehow it originated as a typo??
But yeah, that drives me crazy!!! Nov 27, 2007
bilby How about aks?
Nov 20, 2007
asativum Or a nice cup of expresso? Nov 20, 2007
skipvia How about the highly cringeworthy substitute for "all of a sudden"--all the sudden? Nov 5, 2007
arby I've never even seen that one, but *cringes* Oct 30, 2007
skipvia Ekcetra? Oct 30, 2007