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Originally posted by Wiglaf
The idea is that it's sarcastic. Whereas I couldn't care less is literal.
The idea is that it's sarcastic. Whereas I couldn't care less is literal.
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Not figurative?One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry. -
It could also mean "I could care less, and I'm going to!"Comment
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Yeah, ironic isn't it?Originally posted by Dauphin
Not figurative?"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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The trouble is that most people who say it aren't bright enough or educated enough to even get the sarcasm right.Originally posted by Wiglaf
The idea is that it's sarcastic. Whereas I couldn't care less is literal. Usually you are trying to be a douchebag when you say either, so it makes at least some sense that it could be sarcastic in context.
That sort of person is simply a grammatically challenged douchebag.The Apolytoner formerly known as Alexander01
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My roommates loves using "utilize" in an attempt to make himself sound smarter. It doesn't.Comment
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Dependant/dependent winds me up.Comment
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Didn't we have one of those? Oh, wait... That was the war to end all wars.Originally posted by Garth Vader
I guess we need a "war on war".
Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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You have a wife and kids already?Originally posted by DrSpike
Dependant/dependent winds me up.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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I don't have a word, but an expression:
"To beg the question", which means "to assume the truth of the thing that is to be proved". A lot of people seem to think that it means "to raise the question" or "invite the obvious question"Last edited by Nostromo; February 27, 2008, 18:35.Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – LessingComment
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Both are actually acceptable uses of the phrase today."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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AFAIK, the second sense is still disputed, even though it makes more sense. In French, we say pétition de principe, which comes directly from the Latin petitio principii, which is a lot clearer than "begging the question"Last edited by Nostromo; February 27, 2008, 18:40.Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – LessingComment
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This is absurd.Originally posted by Nostromo
I don't have a word, but an expression:
"To beg the question", which means "to assume the truth of the thing that is to be proved". A lot of people seem to think that it means "to raise the question" or "invite the obvious question"Comment
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It's became an idiom.It means throwing (would have to be a baby or small child) under a yellow multi-passenger vehicle, not putting the blame on someone else.
I seriously doubt a brownnoser really has a brown nose.
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How about "of". As in "I should of complained about the guy's overuse of 'teh'.""Stuie has the right idea" - Japher
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