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10-14-2005, 03:11 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
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Main Entry: moot Function: adjective 1 a : open to question : DEBATABLE b : subjected to discussion : DISPUTED 2 : deprived of practical significance : made abstract or purely academic 
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#52
10-14-2005, 03:11 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] That's a mute point. [/ QUOTE ] Oh god, this just kills me. I feel like stabbing people repeatedly when they say "mute point." It's "moot point," damnit. [/ QUOTE ] Do you try to stab the ones that say, "moot point", meaning not worthy of discussing when "moot" really means the opposite? [/ QUOTE ] moot != opposite
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#54
10-14-2005, 03:12 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] That's a mute point. [/ QUOTE ] Oh god, this just kills me. I feel like stabbing people repeatedly when they say "mute point." It's "moot point," damnit. [/ QUOTE ] Do you try to stab the ones that say, "moot point", meaning not worthy of discussing when "moot" really means the opposite? [/ QUOTE ] moot adj. 1. Subject to debate; arguable: a moot question. 2. a. Law. Without legal significance, through having been previously decided or settled. b. Of no practical importance; irrelevant.
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#55
10-14-2005, 03:13 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
This guy used to work with me in our office, and he was from the backwoods of East Texas, and was the dumbest-sounding motherf***er I've ever met.
I don't know how this guy got a college degree.. he was like 55 years old and here are some of the GEMS he'd either WRITE ON OFFICIAL REPORTS, or tell clients over the phone: "Other words" instead of "in other words", and he said this constantly when it wasn't applicable, "other words", when he didn't need to say it. "thumb of rule", I'm not kidding. "The thumb of rule is that.... " What a f***ing joke. "Culver sack", he WROTE this on a report (meaning cul-de-sac, like in a neighborhood). "mist", instead of midst, as in "there is a change in level in the mist of the sidewalk" WTF??!! This was on a report. "closes", this is how the guy spelled "clothes". I sh** you not. "pacific", this is how he said "specific". Constantly, to clients over the phone. "people that's", instead of "people that are", as in "people that's handicapped have a difficult time getting around." "wait juss second", this is "wait just a second". He constantly cut off clients on the phone to say this. Very rude. He also pronounced "digital" like "digical", and words that ended in a "t" were silent... as in "architec", etc. We finally had to axe the tard, because our company was losing credibility. He was a real nice guy but just painful to occupy a non-enclosed office next to him. His name is actually partly the inspiration for K Steel.
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#56
10-14-2005, 03:14 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
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i guess what you are trying to say is not translating well into text. either that, or i'm just stupid. [/ QUOTE ] Don't make me drive to Daisley and throw a bad beat on you.
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#57
10-14-2005, 03:14 PM
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Re: Sayings that people totally butcher.....
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"Chomping at the bit" -----wrong. Its "champing at the bit". Everyone says chomping [/ QUOTE ] Why is this incorrect? Have you ever seen a anxious horse "chomp" at the bit in its mouth? This is the origin of the phrase. Adding "ate" to words in order to make the speaker sound more intelligent is common nowadays. I used to work for a VP who loved to say "we'll conversate over that".
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