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

I agree I found the wrong use of wrong for what should be wrongly, wrong! (And ironic in this context)

Fulsome! It gets used like this: "he made a fulsome apology" to mean a sincerely meant apology - when in fact the word actually means sickeningly obsequious or nauseous.

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No Cossy you're not dim at all, font has fallen into common usage but it is completely wrong to refer to the design of letters in an alphabet as a font.

A font is merely an adaptation of a lettering's design not the name of the original design itself.

For instance, Arial is the name of the original design of letter, Arial bold, say, is just a adaptation of Arial and not a typeface in itself because it's been adapted from the original design.

A font can only be part of a typeface it can't stand alone.

That's why, when someone is referring to different styles of lettering, to say "all the different fonts" is complete nonsense as it would be all the same just thinner or fatter, no different styles at all.

This is a blinding revelation.

"Can I get..." at the coffee shop/cafe/restaurant/pub.
The answer I long to hear is: "No you can't. Customers aren't allowed in the kitchen area for health and safety reasons. But I can get it for you; that's my job."

Using “h” wrongly, eg “as” when it should be “has” both in speech and in writing.

That's horrific. I hope you get better soon.

People say 'literally' when they mean figuratively. Like 'I literally died of shock'. This happens so often that I think that the meaning of the word must be changing. This seems to be how languages evolve.

When American numbskulls like Trump say "aluminum" instead of "aluminium"

“I’ve had an invite” instead of invitation.

I’ve seen written on social media so many times the phrase “I seen it” instead of either “I saw it” or “I’ve seen it”.

100% "Try and" rather than "Try to", Press Corpse.

Their/there
They was

Mixing up 'may' and 'might', which happens in quite a few novels which I have been reading recently. It jars when a story which has been bumbling along happily in the past tense suddenly has a 'may' in the present tense.

10-year anniversary instead of 10th anniversary.

People saying very fun, it's just wrong, it should be a lot of fun.

What's wrong with asking what words one uses wrong? Even BBC gets Febuary wrong.

Of instead of have
For example “should of” instead of “should have”

loose instead of lose

Disinterested instead of uninterested.

Disinterested- objective.
Uninterested - of no interest.

Now that IS pedantic. Sorry.

I've noticed that the younger generation will say the word LIKE every other word. Why?
I dislike the spelling of jail when it is gaol - unless you are American
some people will say hung instead of hanged ( I was told that a person is hanged and picture is hung)

Likely instead of probably

So at the beginning of each sentence, the very common ‘like’ seems to still be popular, defiantly instead of definitely and one used by those posting on caravan and camping sites, birth instead of berth. I could ramble on for hours on this subject.

Alex Scott saying Congradalations

I agree BlueBelle.

Used wrongly, not used wrong

Yous instead of you. 🤬