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Please retire commonly misused words
by nancyh

Can we also retire commonly misused words

Literally: As in, the misuse of this word literally drives me crazy.

Apparently I am not the only one. There is a blog devoted to the misuse of this word, literally.

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The word "factoid." People use it as a synonym for trivia. However, the suffix "oid" means "similar to or a likeness to" in otherwords looks like a fact but it is not.

"irregardless"

This word does not make sense. Why people use this in place of a perfectly good word "regardless" or "irrespective" I have no idea.

IR (not)- Regard- LESS (without). So this word literally means "not without a lack of regard."

Drives me bat-shit crazy, figuratively

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