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Everybody should stop saying these things:


"I could care less"
"It's besides the point"
"Nucular"

Any others?


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You wanna tell us WHY we should stop saying those things? You’ve made a blanket statement, not an argument. I know what’s wrong with them, your readers may not. Prithee, enlighten them.

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Well the first one is plain wrong , thats why
the second is grammaticaly incorrect
and the third isnt a word

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“Do you want a spanking?” Is there a kid out there who would answer “Yes!”?

Now if it involves sadomasochism, the answer would most likely be a resounding “YES! Please YES!”

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"The fact of the matter is..."

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A related one: "The reality is"

Either way, there is a 50% chance it won't be a fact or the reality :)

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Totally!

"The reality is" is almost always just a narrow opinion presented as a fact statement.

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"Literally". Another overused and often misused word.

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Yep, that and 'incredible' are too often misused.

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This is one of the worst.

"I am literally starving to death."
"This was literally the worst day of my life."
"That's literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard."

Ugh.

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"Iranian"

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What is the correct term?

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I used to work with Iranians, and they referred to themselves as "Persian." These were Jewish people, so I don't know if Iranian Muslims (or Christians et al) do the same.

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totally

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"That's such a cope!"

First off, EVERYBODY copes with some sort of situation so it's not a bad thing to COPE with a problem. When you acknowledge a difficult situation and take responsibility for responding to it in order to mitigate the struggle and alleviate your distress is what COPING means. The correct term when telling someone that they're giving up and disengaging in alleviating a problem it is called "copping out" or a "cop out".

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"i could care less" is misleading because you wouldn't be saying sh*t if you really did not care

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or you 'd be saying

"I couldnt care less" , which is what they are trying to say

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"i could care fewer" would be a funny alternative

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