Devastate and decimate.
Devastate = to lay waste to, to completely destroy, to overwhelm
Decimate = to reduce by exactly 10 percent
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Devastate and decimate.
Devastate = to lay waste to, to completely destroy, to overwhelm
Decimate = to reduce by exactly 10 percent
Feel free to share yours.
Prostrate and prostate....
Prostrate - stretched out on the ground face down in adoration or submission
Prostate - a firm partly muscular partly glandular body that is situated about the base of the male urethra that secretes an alkaline viscid fluid
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Dictionary.com begs to differ with your explanation of decimate
dec'i�mate
[-meyt]
-verb (used with object)
-mated, -mating,
null. to destroy much of
Related forms:
dec�i�ma'tion, dec'i�ma�tor, noun
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Now I do kinda agree with you, but also disagree, I could be wrong but I believe decimate was a method used by the romans when killing treasonous soldiers they killed 1 in 10 people to set an example.
It later came to mean killing a large portion of a population. which could also be devastating to those having it done to them,
Ignorant and arrogant.
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Imbecile and Illiterate
Imbicile = a dunce, blockhead, and or dolt.
Illiterate =having or demonstrating very little or no education.
Ask - to pose a question
Axe - a tool to remove people who pose questions.
Illiterate means you can't read or write...
Yes, that is one of the meanings. It also means a lack of knowledge about the topic area of discussion. One of the reasons there can be a lack of knowledge is because the person can't read.
Glad to see I'm not the only one that hates when people use the word axe to mean ask.
That definition is ignorant, but yeah....... I know. Nobody axed me :p
It irritates me when people use "they" when they should be using "he" or "it."
Example
Incorrect: RIM is a terrific company! They make secure smartphones.
Correct: RIM is a terrific company! It makes secure smartphones.
Example
Incorrect: Advise your co-worker to use a password but tell them not to forget it.
Correct: Advise your co-worker to use a password but tell him not to forget it.
(In English, when gender is not known, the proper pronoun to use is he/him.)
Fill: I don't fill so good today.
Feel: You gonna feel your tank full today Bubba?
Actually corporations are people too :D
What if Bubba really is gonna feel his tank?
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They are "persons," but in my example above, the corporation is a single entity. It would make sense to say, "RIM and Apple are terrific! They make wonderful clever-phones." But it's not correct to use "they" when talking about one or the other. "He" doesn't work either. :rolleyes:
Pill: Bobby Sue, are you gonna pill them apples or not?
Peel: I need a peel for muh headache.
I can't stand it when people speak in text shorthand.
OMG! Is not interchangeable with "Oh my gosh" when one is speaking aloud. The list goes on and on...
oh snap! lol
My biggest is the misuse of "there", "they're" and "their"
Followed by "though" and "thou" If you constantly make this mistake, PLEASE STOP! (hint:
you live in Philadelphia :p )
One phrase that always bugs me is "similar but different." By definition, similar means they have minor differences.
Also, when people say "Can I...." when they mean "May I...." I coach softball, and I hear all the time "Can I go to the bathroom?" My answer has become "I don't know, can you?"
Can't tolerate "Well, then we will have to agree to disagree." The only thing I am agreeing to is you haven't listened closely enough to the facts I am presenting to you. If you choose to disagree, it is without my agreement. ;)
I don't particularly like "same difference." And "agree to disagree" is ridiculous. Another one I think is a bit corny is "Let's see if we can't [insert some action here e.g. 'get this done']."
fire: Isn't it a bit fire to be drivin all the way to Bubba's house tonight?
far: Bobbie Joe Jim's house caught far and burnt right flat to the ground.
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
That's a classic..... I should save all of these for easy reference.....