What words annoy you when used wrong or people don't know the meaning of?

A kid is a baby goat. Calling a child a baby goat is disrespectful. How can we expect children to have any respect for us (adults) if we persist in calling them baby goats; think of how goats are thought of generally to see what I mean.

Haha! sarahcyn one lives and learns and the next time you see font instead of typeface you'll be superior in the knowledge it's just plan wrong!

Plain wrong...bloomin typo!
(not a fonto - couldn't resist)

When people say they made an educated guess, but it's clear from what they had said (incorrectly) that there was nothing educated about it

BlueBelle

Yes Grandmafrench I said I was being pedantic why did you say ‘No’ when you seem to agree with me!!!

Look again BB - you somewhat ironically made an error in your post. That's why Grandmafrench highlighted the word "that's". I'm guessing yes, she agrees with you (as do I - it should be "wrongly" or "incorrectly" in the OP) but she was jokingly and gently pointing out the error you made while pointing out someone else's error.

BlueBelle

To my ears the title should be what words annoy you when said wrongly not what words annoy you when said wrong
Now maybe that s being pedantic 🤣

My first response too!

Calendargirl

Draws instead of drawers.

I've seen 'Chester Draws' for sale a few times.

Pacific instead of specific.

"think"when it should be "thing" as in"somethink" surprisingly common

I well educated friend always orders an expresso instead of espresso 🥴.

gran23

A kid is a baby goat. Calling a child a baby goat is disrespectful. How can we expect children to have any respect for us (adults) if we persist in calling them baby goats; think of how goats are thought of generally to see what I mean.

To be fair, the the word "kid" to describe a child or teen has been in common use for well over a hundred years so maybe we can allow it to pass. The words "pup" "lamb" and "cub" are used in similar contexts and everyone understands why without feeling it's disrespectful.

I say kid.
I don't give it a second thought.
If people think excuses bad behaviour from their children/kids, then I feel sorry for them.

'enormity' when the applicable word would be 'immensity'.

An enormity isn't a very large quantity, it is a very bad/ outrageous/offensive action..

I'm late to the party so I may have missed this one..
Myself instead of me
Yourself instead of you.

I suppose when words are used wrongly !

Wendy

Using what instead of which as in ‘what words’ !

🤣🤣🤣

Amazing, as in "you did amazing". Frequently occurs on TV game shows.
Also get, as in "can I get a single to .... please". Heard every day on the bus.

Maybe this would help.
In word processing , children are taught to choose suitable fonts for the work they are doing.
Computers list fonts.

Bluebell I'm a pedant and quite like it when an adverb is used to qualify a verb rather than an adjective.
Errors of syntax annoy me more, starting with "between you and I". Ouch!

Someone I know constantly uses ‘text’ as the past tense, as in ‘I text her yesterday and she text me back’.
I would say ‘texted’ but it’s a newish word when used as a verb. What do others say?

Exactly what I wanted to say.

Wrong for wrongly
Which you have used in the opening description of this post.
Maybe it was a typo?

Or more correctly a typing error.

Glottal stops. Lost consonants
Fake Mockney and Mancney accents.
So called Classless accents.
And the latest tend . Actors adapting a slight lisp when pronouncing certain words..Very cool for RADA graduates to obtain work.
Innit?

The question should be framed this way surely!
Which words when they are used wrongly, do you find annoying?