A brief and slightly snotty English lesson

I've (mostly) stopped being such a grammar policewoman. 

Mostly, with some good meds, I've learned to let a lot of annoying shit slide right off my back. For the most part, I maybe only inwardly cringe a little bit when I hear someone say something that makes them look and sound like a non-English speaking moron.

To be clear, I never vocally call someone out on their dumb grammatical or punctuational error. (I think I just made up the word punctuational. But I'm sticking with it because I like it) 

One time, someone looked at me like I was a moron when I pronounced "Quinoa" wrong. Well!! It was the first time I had ever heard of that shit! It was right at the height of the quinoa craze! How was I to know??

Jeez. What a little pretentious jerk.

I was like, "Excuse me, where do you keep the KEE-NO-A?"

And that smug asshole was all, "I've never heard of it."

So I was genuinely puzzled, because it was a health food place, so I was like, "Really? I think it's like rice or something?"

And he goes, with a jerky smirk, "Ohhh... you mean KEEN-WA."

"Well OBVIOUSLY, ASSHOLE. Just tell me where that shitty stuff is and never talk to me again!" OK, I didn't actually say that. I just conveyed it with my eye daggers and followed the asshole to the KEEN-WA.

I'd like to think my eye daggers penetrated.

Once, before I had really heard much of them, someone corrected the way I wrongly pronounced Bon Iver. Which made we want to punch their stupid smug face. (In case you didn't know, it's pronounced BON E VARE)

Why do people have to be all jerky like that?

So anyway, I really only feel my teeth clench in a few instances now, grammatically speaking.Because I actively try not to sweat the small stuff.

It truly, TRULY bothers the shit out of me when people say, "Joe and I," wrong. Let's be clear, it's not ALWAYS Joe, It can be Bob, or Tim, or you know, Raphael. My point is guys, you're saying it WRONG. And holy crap I might be silently judging you if you speak like this. And if you're my kid, I am VERBALLY judging you. 

For example: "Me and Joe went to the store today." Would you think this is correct, or not correct?

It is NOT correct, dummy. It is a very simple thing, and I will teach you right now. All you have to do is break down the sentence. Just go ahead and break that shit down.

"Me went to the store. And Joe went to the store." 

DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT?? 

No, no it does not. Because "Me" cannot go to the store. Because "me" is a dumbbell. The correct way to say it would be, "Joe and I went to the store."

Because, let's break it down here: "Joe went to the store. And I went to the store." And see that?? It makes sense! See?! I taught you something. I could be a god damned English teacher.

Another horrible, horrible offense, which is directly related, would be something like, "Are you coming to the store with Joe and I?" Would you think this is correct? I can see where you might be a little confused, but it is the same concept guys. Just go ahead and BREAK THE SENTENCE DOWN.

Are you coming to the store with Joe? Are you coming to the store with I? NO, no you are not. Because that makes no sense. Right? Right???

The question would be: "Are you coming to the store with me and Joe?" Because I want to know if you are coming with ME, and if you are coming with JOE.  Not I and JOE. ME and JOE.

Omg I have a little tension headache. I have to take a break from our little English lesson before I have an aneurysm. 

I always wanted to be an English teacher, but maybe it would have been the wrong profession. I'm sure it would be frowned upon if you called your students "dummy."

Sorry. not sorry. SORRY.

19 common phrases or words that I secretly hate. Just sayin'.

I enjoy pop culture as much as the next guy, but I have to say, I get irritated at some of the annoying words and phrases.  To me, it kind of feels like the person speaking is trying a snitch too hard to be cool, and I can't help but be turned off by that.  It's actually one of my pet peeves.  Actually, the term "pet peeve" is one of my pet peeves.

In case you didn't know, pop culture is considered to be a fad or trend that has caught on quickly and becomes the next novel thing to say, do or consume. (oh, I just sounded like Lloyd Dobler right there) At the risk of offending all of you one reader, I feel the need to list several pop culture words or terms that irritate me, and that I think are pretty played out and/or cringeworthy.  Come on guys, you have to admit that it's time to retire them already.


For example, it inwardly bugs me when people refer to their husband as "hubby" or "hubs." I get that it's a highly used term of endearment and I may actually be offending you by putting that out there. Sorry.

1. Hella - You could always just say, really.  Like, instead of saying "This is hella cool!" and sounding like a dumbass,  how about you just say it's really cool.  I promise you'll sound less stupid.

2. Sorry, not sorry - OK, I get this.  You're saying sorry to be polite, but then turning around and telling someone that you're really not sorry sort of negates that...

3. Whatevs - Ridiculous. Just say whatever. Actually, don't. Whatever is annoying too.

4. What up? - As opposed to "What's up?"  Because you just can't get it right?

5. Just sayin' - I know what you're "just saying" already, because you just said it. 

6. Nomnomnom - Welp, is there any way we could just put this one out of it's misery? Why cant we just say Yum??

7. JK - What you really mean is "just kidding," but you're way too busy to type or say the actual words? This also includes saying "O. M. G." instead of actually saying Oh My God.

8. Bromance - The romance or super tight friendship between bros.  Or, guys that may or may not actually be brothers.  Pretty sure this word isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

9. I know, right? - Just need that confirmation, eh?

10. Frenemy - I like combining words.  This one means, I'm pretending you're my friend but I really hate you.  This is actually a decent word, but it's definitely gotten played out.

11. El oh el - I'm pretty sure you just “texted” out loud without the use of an actual cellphone.

12. Baby bump - A lump of baby.  In your belly.  Really?  I hope that whoever came up with this term copyrighted it, because jeez, it's everywhere.  And it has privately annoyed me for years.

13. Hilar - What is it with not being able to coherently complete a word? 

14. FAIL - Well, this just looks like you're yelling. And it's really run its course, don't you think?

15. It is what it is - I know, I know. But what it really is, is making you sound annoying. Don't say this.

16. Bae - Ugh. I originally thought I was mis-hearing "Babe" or something. But apparently it's an acronym that stands for "before anyone else." So huh. It's annoying.

17. All the feels - People will say something gives them "all the feels," to represent feeling emotional, but it's so freaking cliché, and I'm sorry if I sound like a jerk, but I just hate the way that sounds.

18. Awesomesauce - anyone who uses this with any sense of seriousness is so the opposite of awesomesauce.

19. Amazeballs - so just amazing isn't nearly enough anymore, huh? Had to take it up a notch?

What words or terms bug you?

Things Moms say...

As a mom of four kids, a Norwegian, a dog, and a blankie called Nanny, I find that I am often surrounded by little people.  In honor of the impending Mother's Day extravaganza weekend ahead, I figured I'd post a few things that I've found myself saying in response to certain situations involving certain little people.

Would you burp like that if the President was here for dinner?


Get off of your sister's face please.


Do not whip your brother with Nanny!


We don't say kill you.


We don't say half-wit.


Please do not lick your meatball.


Please do not lick the door knob.


Quick! Get your undies on! You cannot go to the ice-cream truck naked!!


No, we cannot have skittles and orange soda for dinner.


Do not shoot your sister again, or you will sit on the stairs.


No, not ALL moms have those dents on their legs. Thanks.

Can anyone tell me why there is applesauce in my shoe?


I will spank your bare hiney right here in public if you do that again!


Little girls are not really supposed to drink coffee for breakfast.


Do you really want dirty little germs to build their little germ houses on your teeth? Good! then brush!


Why does your blankie have a leash on it??


No, you can NOT try to blow up a potato with gasoline.


No, rocks don't catch on fire. Wait, WHY??!


Maybe you can jump off the bridge when you're nine.


Not it!!!!!


I will pay you if you try out for baseball.


I will pay you if you wear what I pick out for one week.


Uncooked spaghetti is probably not considered a healthy snack.


Because jumping off the shed onto the trampoline is dangerous, that's why!


We don't say, "poop on a shingle."


We don't say, "pooped in your face."


If I hear the word "poop" one more time at the dinner table, someone is sitting on the stairs!


No, I will not give you $39 to buy a BB gun.


You can't live off of Pop Tarts and applesauce.


Who ate bee yo-yos* in my bed???!!


Is that my toothbrush that you are using on your doll's hair??!


Because I'm the Mom, that's why.


Any momisms you'd care to share?

*bee yo yo = Honeynut Cheerios.

more words that blogger doesn't recognize v2

A while back I posted a bunch of words that that asshole blogger spellcheck doesn't recognize as words.  Of course I continue to add to the list as I come across other non-word words, because obviously.

Shitstorm -- I'm not questioning that blogger spellcheck tries to make this two words instead of a compound word - just questioning that it suggests I type the word "shortstop" instead.

Facebook -- That's just silly.  Facebook is as common as "and."  Pretty much everyone in the free world uses it.  And probably aliens too.  It's that cool, apparently.

Defriended - This goes along with the Facebook issue, of course.

Friended - and again with the Facebook.

Doozie -- Come on, really?  Everyone knows that was a doozie.

TMI - Acronyms are the future!  Get with the program, blogger.

Texting -  Testing?  Exiting?  Both words that blogger things I should change "texting" to.  Pretty sure "texting" has been going on for at least a decade now...

LOL - lolz?  Laughing.  Out loud even.  It's textese... let's go Blogger.

Textese - grr, blogger spellcheck is stressing me out.

Doofus - I'm positive doofus is a word.  I used to use it all the time.  In junior high.

PDA - Another great acronym that we all should be aware of.  Public Display of Affection.  We weren't allowed in high school or Mrs. Scott would smack us away from each other with a ruler.  No kissing in the halls!

Stalkable and stalkerish - In reference to stalkers.  Like, she's so stalkable, and he is so stalkerish?  Totally words.

wtf - Really?  WTF Blogger.

Scaredy - as in cat?

Skanky - as in ho?

Sucky - come on!

Don't tell me you're not impressed with my verbal skillz, yo

I've never called anyone a douche bag.

Incidentally, is douche bag one word or two?  I'm going to go with two, since blogger spell check told me I was wrong when I initially wrote it without a space by putting a red wiggly line under it.  Not that you can ever trust blogger spellcheck because that asshole always tries to tell me that OMG and crotchal, ho-bag and hiney aren't really words.

Like, really?  OMG isn't in the latest dictionary?  It always suggests changing it to OMB.  Like Oh my Bob?  Blogger spellcheck is intolerant of religion??!  An atheist maybe?  To each his own, but let's call a spade a spade - blogger spellcheck is definitely a douche bag.  And apparently an intolerant douche bag.

So yeah, honestly, I've never really been a user of the DB word.  It's just that the image of what a DB actually is always pops into mind when I think it or say it, and then it like, grosses me out.  Sort of like moist or vagina.

But I've recently decided that I need to get over the issue with those words.  I've been trying to use them more.  I even told my single dad friend Jake that his girlfriend's pumpkin cake was moist (ugh) over Thanksgiving.  And I didn't even gag when I said it!  Apparently she's a very good cook, because that cake freaking rocked.  But you know, moist was really the only descriptive word that fit!  I mean, how do you avoid saying it?  I mentioned previously that the only synonym for moist is dampish.  That's dumb. And not very fitting for a cake if you ask me.

You know what really gets my goat?  Besides the fact  that saying "gets my goat" makes me sound like my grandmother?  It's those people that can say skeevy words without cringing.  They say vagina with authority!  They say it like they mean it!  With conviction!  There's no fear, no inward gagging, no mild aftertaste of throw up in their mouth.  Clearly there is something wrong with me.  I just want to be able to call someone a douche bag as needed!  I don't think that's a lot to ask for.

I am flawed!  A flawed human that cannot utter the word udder without a shudder.  Heh.  Did you see how I did that right there?  Don't tell me you're not impressed with my verbal skillz, yo.

Hm.  I went all gangsta right there.  Yes, yes I did.  That happens occasionally - let's just roll with it.

I think it's time to wrap this post up, because you know, I mentioned to someone recently that this blog really doesn't have much substance, and it's posts like this that make me kind of agree with myself.  Like, does anyone really give a shit about my verbal skillz?

I'm guessing no.  Even though I do have a fairly recently new follower!!  Hey #101!  Wanna come over and do each other's hair and have a sleepover?  I puffy heart love you! 

OK, that's weird.  Sorry #101, I just got excited.   

omg, acronyms make me happy. rotfl.

I like words.  I'm a wordie.  I tend to do a lot of listening, so I often pick things apart - how certain words make you feel, how some strike you as funny or disgusting or annoying.

I think a lot of word people don't love acronyms.  Like you're tarnishing something by using them.  I'm not sure what exactly is being tarnished by abbreviating a term, but they think something is.  The dictionary?  The English language?  I think that's kind of dumb.  I love acronyms.  I think admitting that out loud may make me sound a little weird. 

Eh, I don't care, I wear my weirdness proudly.  

I have this thing though, with acronyms.  Whenever I hear them or see them, I mentally switch the words up to make them mean something else.  Like, what if when you were texting someone WTF, it didn't mean what the fuck?

It could mean all sorts of things.  Like, Where's the food?  Or Who took Fluffy?  Wash the floor, wrong turn, freak!  Wipe the front, wank the flank, where's the fish?  Wiggle toes first, wear torn flannel, warty toad feet, we're too fat!  Who's that fool?

Or the acronym for stay at home mom, you know, SAHM.  That could certainly stand for plenty of other things: 

so annoyed, hit me
special access husband material

so awesome, have meat

smile at huge mouths

slap a ho much?

strange ankles, help me

shoot a horny man

sleep angrily, he'll mope

snare a hungry mouse

smelly ass, happy monkeys

stupid annoying happy meals

simple and humble mother

she always hears moaning

snarky about hipster moms

sloppy ass hairy mess

shit ass ho motherfucker

super awesome helluva mama

stare at hippos much?

strip after he moos

slimy apples have maggots

Or, how about LOL?!  

loose old loonie

lame or lumpy

look! our laundry!

losers only limp

lunch, or linner?

lift our legs

large oompa loomp

losers often linger

leave our lunch

locate old lobsters

Oh man.  I think I better quit now.  I could do this all day.  So anyway, TTYL, BFF.  (try to yell louder, big fat freak)  BRB GF!  (bring ripe bananas good fellow!)  JK, GTG.  (Just kiss, grab ten guys) 

Please, somebody stop me.

OMG, MYOB! SMH...(Obvious mean girl, make your own bread! Stop mating hamsters...)

OK, I'm done now.  Phew.

Things that annoy me thursday

I'm going to say something at the risk of offending a group of people.  Sorry in advance for the potential offending.

So, I hate with a fiery passion when someone says, "Thanks muchly."  Ugh.  Because really, why is it necessary to say that?!  Can't you just say a simple, "Thanks!" like normal people?!

I don't know why it annoys me as much as it does, there is just something about "thanks muchly," that makes me lose my temper and contemplate poking my own eyeball out with a chopstick.  First of all, "muchly" is not a word.  And in my experience, people who say that are typically an ass.  They could quite possibly be pompous and condescending even.  Pompous and condescending is definitely not my favorite.

See how I am generalizing a whole group of people right there?  Sorry.  Maybe I am cranky.

Also, oh man, I can't believe I am going here, but I am anti-sticker family on the back of the momi-van.  I am not going to go into too much depth there, because I have a feeling I might get in trouble for that one, but they do annoy me.  Lets just say I may or may not mentally make fun of you if you have a sticker family.  And I may or may not make fun of you ten times harder if your sticker family is wearing Mickey Mouse ears.  Sorry.

And finally, it so annoys me when I find a used band-aid somewhere that is not the garbage.  Like, poolside, or on the floor, or pretty much anywhere that is not a receptacle for waste.  Seriously, please let's all just be considerate of the germophobes like myself who most definitely are not only annoyed, but also repulsed by your disgusting, germy, used band-aid.

Yesterday someone said "thanks muchly," in my presence, which is how this little rant came to be.  OK, I'm over it now.

So uh, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!  Hope you all had good, safe, happy Halloween fun.  

Words that blogger spellcheck thinks aren't really actually words. v1

Come on Blogger!  Get with the times!  The following words don't make it past Blogger's spellchecker.  And let's be real here, we all know that they are actual words.  So this is a part one.  Because there are so many more of these non-words to share. 


Asshat - A word combo - not sure why anyone would exactly need a hat for the ass, but it is pretty funny.  Admit it.


Blankie - Sooo, you guys at Blogger spellcheck never had a blanket that you carried around til it was nothing but a pile of strings?

Blogosphere - Really?


Blogoversary - Once again, really?

Cluttery - Any true fan of organizing knows that cluttery is a real word. 


Crotchal - Oh, this word has been around for like, ever.  You've never heard of the crotchal region?  As in, the region that your crotch is in?  If you're still not following, I can't go into any more detail.  Sorry.  Use your imagination.


Cyber - Whoa.  Now this one was a shocker. 


Ew - Ew has to be in the dictionary.  There can't be anyone on the planet who doesn't know what ew means.  I might even be willing to make a wager on it.


Ho-Bag - See the definition for slore below.  Kinda the same thing.


Hiney - Not a Heineken, you drunks.  Haven't you ever gotten a bare hiney spanking?  Uh.  Me neither.


Manscaping - Oh gross.  Really?


OMG - Like, oh. My. God.


Sheesh - You know, like, oh sheesh?  Some people might say jeez.


Snarky - This one is rather new to me, so I can understand if Blogger hasn't caught up yet.  I think it's a fancy word that people from Europe use instead of snippy, snooty or snotty.  Personally, I prefer snooty.


Skeevy -  Who doesn't know skeevy?  It's like, something gross or skin-crawley.  Obviously.


Slore - I am a huge fan of the word combo, obv.  Slut + whore = slore.  An admission: I rarely even say this because it's not a very nice thing to say.


Sucky - Now this is just getting ridiculous.


Wah - Oh, come on.


Wa(h)mbulance - See above.  And below for that matter.  Then, give it the old college try and figure it out.


Whiney - Any mom (or dad) out there knows this one.  You know, like because kids whine.  I think they're all born whiners.  You really need to curb that as soon as possible or your life as you know it will become really unbearable.  It's only a matter of time.


Wog - A combination of the words walk and jog.  Like a walk-jog.  Like a fast walk where you try to look like you're jogging but you're really not.  You're just walking fast moving your arms around a lot.  You're not kidding anyone.


And last but not least, trifecta!  I know, right??  My new favorite word?  Shocking.

An executive decision

So I made the executive decision to change my new favorite word from "snarky" to "Hobo."  Snarky isn't quite cutting it for me.  I really thought I might be able to use it frequently, but it's just not happening.  Maybe it's more of a European word.  I don't really think it will catch on here in the states.

I would like to thank my niece Abby for overusing the word Hobo, and making me really like it.  It's like the best word ever.  It just feels really funny when you say it.  It is kind of derogatory though.  Oh well.


It's a word that comes in handy, like a lot. 


Like in a situation where your sister comes over for a cup of coffee in her nighties and slippers, you can say, "You are such a hobo Ali."


Or you can say to your kids, "You hobos better get your behinds in the car!"


You can even use it on your mother.  Like when Mom was carrying a bunch of bags and presents up to her room at the resort a few weeks ago, I said "Ma, you really look like a hobo!"  And then I helped her carry a bag.  Because I am all kind like that.


So anyway -- HOBO is the word of the day.  Learn it, love it, live it.  And definitely use it as often as possible.

my new favorite word is incidentally

My old favorite word was "however," but I have since started overusing the word incidentally.


In my defense, it is very fitting in a lot of sentences.

I can find my new favorite word in several recent posts.

Here is one example.

Here is another.

And here is one more, for good measure.

Incidentally, I just discovered I used incidentally in yesterday's post too.

Do you ever find yourself doing that?  I mean, overusing a particular word?  It's like all of a sudden you discovered it so you inadvertently find a way to inject it into as many conversations as you can?

Just so you know, I brought it to my own attention.  I'm going to try to quit saying it.  But if I do, I am going to have to find a replacement word that I like just as much. 

Like... um... oh I am having a moment of utter blankness in my mind.  What other words do I like as much as however and incidentally and y'all??

How about snarky?  (incidentally, spell check tried to change the word snarky to snaky.  Like, there's a snaky in my boot?  WTF?  Who says that?)  My son said snarky the other day and it made me laugh.  It kind of rolls off the tongue funny.  Snarky. SNARKY.  OK, OK.  I'll give it the old college try and let you know how it goes.  Because I know you are all super interested.  Unless someone can come up with a better suggestion for a good word for me to overuse.  Larry?

Don't you hate when people say muchly?

That is a HUGE pet peeve-word.  One that makes me grind my teeth together.  Actually, to such a degree that I have a jaw that pops out of joint with every bite I take.  But anyway.


When someone says, "Thanks muchly!"  I have the urge to smack.  Or at the very least lash out verbally.  But I hold it together and clench my jaw and smile.  Maybe even say, "You're welcome!"


Because I am all controlled and polite like that.


The thing is, MUCHLY isn't a word.  It isn't even a word!  So please don't say it all cheerful-ish!  Just don't even say it!  Everyone gets your sincerity when you just say, "Thanks!"  I promise.  There is no need to accentuate it with a fake word.  A fake word that is dumb even.  Until I see it in Websters, I will not recognize it.  Probably I will not recognize it then even, because it really is that irritating.


If only for my sanity.  And my jaw.  Please don't say it.  It's just not right.

clean as a whistle?

Do you ever find yourself saying that?  Like how clean can a whistle be, actually?  I mean, if you think about it, a whistle is probably pretty unclean.  Germy even.  Especially if it is a whistle blown by a kid.  Or some person who doesn't brush their teeth regularly.

Another one of those phrases that makes me smile inwardly sometimes, is "fast as a bullet."  My kids say that.  However, one can easily figure out that a bullet is pretty fast.  They also say "shiny as a bullet."  Like Brooke will exclaim "Mom, aren't my teeth as shiny as a bullet?!"  after she brushes.  With her mouth in a big cheesy grin.  Shiny as a bullet if someone shined it I guess!  Or if it was brand new in the box.  But certainly not a used bullet, which probably wouldn't be very shiny at all.

I say "Home in a jig!" when we get home sometimes.  It's like it just falls out of my mouth.  What is a jig anyway?  A dance move?  Did my mom say that when we were kids?  "Home in a dance move?"  Well that doesn't make any sense.

So of course, in my quest to find the answer to all things odd and stuff, I did a little research on the term "clean as a whistle," and there was quite a long winded answer online, which I won't bore you with except for the fact that it has to do with beheading someone in the 19th century.  If you are interested in a more in depth discussion on it, you can click here!  Well, now that I know what it actually means, I may have to rethink using it.

I also checked into "Home in a jig," which refers to an old children's poem.  Which of course lead me to read about the origins of lots of other phrases. Because I tend to get all carried away like that.  Some of them are really gross actually.

Well, there you have it.  I have to wrap this up for now, because my dogs are barking! 

That's my exciting and oh so interesting post of the day! Feel free to share any interesting commonly used non-sensical-ish phrases that you may have been saying without knowing the real meaning to. (that sentence actually came out pretty non-sensicalish, didn't it?)

what is a blog, anyway?

I've asked a few people what they think a blog is, and the answers seem to really range greatly.

Most people I've talked to consider a blog (a contraction of the term "web log") to be an online journal of sorts. Some people use blogs as a way to communicate with a mass of people, or just as a way to connect with family members and friends. Some people's writings are personal, locked - some people put their blogs out there for all the world to see. Some people see blogs as very self-serving - a pulpit for a person to rant and preach and spew their feelings /thoughts shamelessly.

I talked to someone this weekend that thought blogs were sort of self-indulgent - like, no offense, but who wants to read about your average, boring junk, really? Another mused that there wasn't enough time in the day to post, that it's laughable to think that what you have to say is interesting enough to even be put out there.

Blogher.com states that "36 million women a week participate in the blogosphere." Broken down, they say that 21 million women a week read blogs and another 15 million read and publish blogs on their own. BogHer also says that blogs are considered a good source of information, advice and recommendations.

I'm writing a blog, so clearly, I am one of those that enjoy blogs. Honestly, there are millions of blogs out there in cyber-space, about thousands of different things. Parenting, politics, music, travel, religion, news, jobs, television, books, cooking, sports, families... and so very much more. Personally, I follow blogs that I can relate to. I like blogs that are uplifting. Blogs written by people that are similar to me, and some that are very different - people that experience things I wish to experience, or that I admire or aspire to be like. When I log on to read the latest postings, I often feel like I am catching up with friends. I like that there are really no hard and fast "rules," that your blog can really be anything that you want it to be. I read somewhere that blogs are like your personal "memos to the world." I like that.

Keep those memos coming...

"Fustrated" and other annoying "words"

I try really hard to approach life with a "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff" attitude. I truly feel that when we just let things go, it makes us generally happier people, and I do want to be a happy person. There was a time in my life when every little thing could throw me into a tizzy, but I like to consider myself reformed. These days, the things that can make me want to smack someone are now reduced to to the improper usage of the English language. Grammar and dumb pronunciations of words particularly drive me nuts -- it's kind of like a nails on a chalkboard-type experience for me.

The word FRUSTRATED does not = FUSTRATED. Like, where did the "r" go?? A very professional lady with many years of grad school under her belt just said "fustrated" to me yesterday, and I wanted to smack her curly-haired head. I actually clenched my teeth and gave myself a headache over it.

I also cannot stand when someone says "irregardless," as that is not actually a word. The word is REGARDLESS. Putting "ir" in front of it turns it into a double negative, and makes one sound a snitch less intelligent.

Finally, when a person says SUPPOSUBLY, as opposed to supposedly, or AKS instead of ask... oh my gosh, I don't think I can even go there.

I should really get over, because offenders are for the most part, innocent.

Now I have vented.

dontsweatthesmallstuff, dontsweatthesmallstuff, dontsweatthesmallstuff...

The end.