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It can be seen all over the internet. People misusing the word "fail".
I'm even hearing it in speech now. "That was so fail!"
I've never heard it misused in a sentence like that. I have heard it used alone.
For example, there is a thread that is ridiculous on a message board and someone simply post the word fail in the attempts to convey their feelings that the thread is dumb or worthless. Another example, is they see someone fall and they yell out, "Fail!".
Historical meaning "big" in order to give a false sense of self-importance to our contemporaries : e.g. a historical storm (meaning a "big" storm) or a historical score (meaning a high score) or a historical feat, or disaster, or heat record, etc.
It's usually the journalists who are guilty of this kind of hysterical rhetoric....
Far too many people say "jealous" when they mean "envious". Just this morning, a radio show host was talking on the air to another guy from the station who was at the local racetrack for some promotional event. The guy was about to do a couple of laps at 160 mph, and the host said that he was "jealous".
I said (out loud, to the radio), "No, you're envious. You wish you were having the experience he's having. If you were jealous, you'd be wishing that he was with you instead of at the racetrack!"
Talking to the radio makes me feel better but rarely accomplishes anything more than that.
Far too many people say "jealous" when they mean "envious". Just this morning, a radio show host was talking on the air to another guy from the station who was at the local racetrack for some promotional event. The guy was about to do a couple of laps at 160 mph, and the host said that he was "jealous".
I said (out loud, to the radio), "No, you're envious. You wish you were having the experience he's having. If you were jealous, you'd be wishing that he was with you instead of at the racetrack!"
Talking to the radio makes me feel better but rarely accomplishes anything more than that.
One of the definitions of jealous is "resentful or bitter". If the person you are referring to is resentful or bitter towards the person having the experience, then his use of jealous would be correct.
The use of the word 'cheers' as a sign off on emails, or as a way of conveying thanks. A moronic client of my partner ends each freakin' email with "Cheers!" Exclamation mark included. I keep expecting an alcoholic beverage to appear, but it never does. It's not only misused, but over-used.
It's gone too far and must be stopped. SOMEONE should do something.
Far too many people say "jealous" when they mean "envious". Just this morning, a radio show host was talking on the air to another guy from the station who was at the local racetrack for some promotional event. The guy was about to do a couple of laps at 160 mph, and the host said that he was "jealous".
I said (out loud, to the radio), "No, you're envious. You wish you were having the experience he's having. If you were jealous, you'd be wishing that he was with you instead of at the racetrack!"
Talking to the radio makes me feel better but rarely accomplishes anything more than that.
I don't think you completely understand the word jealous. I don't see anything wrong with his usage.
"jealous, covetous, envious The central meaning shared by these adjectives is "resentfully or painfully desirous of another's advantages": jealous of her friend's success; covetous of his neighbor's possessions; envious of their art collection."
It can be seen all over the internet. People misusing the word "fail".
I'm even hearing it in speech now. "That was so fail!"
It's slang. It's supposed to be incorrect.
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The use of the word 'cheers' as a sign off on emails, or as a way of conveying thanks. A moronic client of my partner ends each freakin' email with "Cheers!" Exclamation mark included. I keep expecting an alcoholic beverage to appear, but it never does. It's not only misused, but over-used.
It's gone too far and must be stopped. SOMEONE should do something.
Irregardless and ginormous, neither of which are real words in the first place!
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