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

Hear, hear. (which I frequently see mis-written as "here, here")

Can we all agree, please, that "health care" is two words? There is no such thing as healthcare.

Similarly, "every day" (daily) has a different meaning from "everyday" (ordinary).

And you don't wait "on" line, you wait "in" a line (unless, of course, you are still using dial-up -- in which case you are waiting online). There is a difference in meaning between "to wait on" (to serve, i.e., wait on someone hand and foot, wait on tables, etc.) and "to wait for" (the Robert E. Lee comes to mind).

Thank you for providing this opportunity to vent.

STICKLERS UNITE!

Yes and "data" is plural ( the data are compelling) datum is singular.