Let's List the Most Misused Words in the English Language

[Kuciwalker]

Ha! I win

[Alinestra Covelia]

Oh, I thought of another one.

Celibacy vs. Chastity.

Celibacy means not getting married to anybody.

Chastity means not engaging in sexual relations with anybody.

It's possible to be celibate without being chaste.

It's even possible to be chaste without being celibate, although I imagine your spouse might have a few words to say about that.

[Wiglaf]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
Oh, I thought of another one.

Celibacy vs. Chastity.

Celibacy means not getting married to anybody.

Chastity means not engaging in sexual relations with anybody.

It's possible to be celibate without being chaste.

It's even possible to be chaste without being celibate, although I imagine your spouse might have a few words to say about that.

Yet again you need to hit the books. Merriam, and most sane people, define celibacy as abstention from sex.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
3. Bum = Fanny

Where does Bum=Fanny?

Round here a bum is a back bottom and a fanny is a front bottom.

[Alinestra Covelia]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


Where does Bum=Fanny?

Round here a bum is a back bottom and a fanny is a front bottom.

USA a bum is an ass is a fanny.

...

I know, it caused more than one raised eyebrow when I first moved to Britain.

[Cort Haus]

No comment.

[Thoth]

Fornication.

For some bizarre reason, religious types always use this word as though it is bad.

[Wiglaf]

Originally posted by Thoth
Fornication.

For some bizarre reason, religious types always use this word as though it is bad.

Fornication results in wedlock, broken homes, and condom breakage. Get off the high horse before it rides into town..

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Cort Haus


No comment.

It's true...when we came out with the "fanny pack," Brits were

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Wiglaf


Fornication results in wedlock ....

Oh! The horror!!

[Wiglaf]

You know what I meant. Run and go play please, I am out of time for your wordplay.

[Thoth]

Originally posted by Wiglaf


Fornication results in wedlock, broken homes, and condom breakage. Get off the high horse before it rides into town..

You're in fine form today Wiggy

[Darius871]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia


Transitive logical fallacy. This is similar to saying "nothing is perfect, I am nothing, ergo I am perfect".

Taken to its extreme, this logical trick becomes absurd:

1. Whore = Tramp
2. Tramp = Bum
3. Bum = Fanny
4. Fanny = Puh-seh

Thus, "prostitute" is the same as "vagina". Somewhat farfetched.

We used to play a similar game back in grade school before we were made aware of the massive logical incongruity inherent in the transition. (Although to be honest we probably wouldn't have stopped doing it.)

Person A: You jerk!
Person B: (1.) A jerk is a tug, (2.) a tug is a boat, (3.) boats go on water, and (4.) water is beautiful. Thank you for the compliment!

This usually ends in a richly-deserved fistfight.

Back on track... your point would be correct if I had been talking about the word "queer" specifically. If you're going to include synonyms of misused words, they'd have to be analyzed on their own merits. "Homosexual" is a word that I have relatively few problems with because it's generally used nonpejoratively to refer to a person's factual sexual preferences. (This may be because it's got too many syllables to be an effective slur.)

Wow, I didn't think you'd take that seriously.

[Lord Avalon]

Originally posted by Cort Haus

Where does Bum=Fanny?

Round here a bum is a back bottom and a fanny is a front bottom.

"Learning all de time." [/Benny Hill]

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Darius871
Wow, I didn't think you'd take that seriously.

I didn't take it seriously, which is why I just let a one-liner