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Let's List the Most Misused Words in the English Language
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something 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.
The trouble is that most people who say it aren't bright enough or educated enough to even get the sarcasm right.
That sort of person is simply a grammatically challenged douchebag.
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"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.
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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."
Ben Kenobi: "That means I'm doing something right. "
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"
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.
It's became an idiom.
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