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ME
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Massive
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Massive is a word woefully misused mostly by lazy writers, journalists and news readers. A mountain is massive, a ship is massive, a boulder is massive, because (Hello!) it has mass.
Still you continue to see massive blackouts, massive searches, massive investigations, and especially massive heart attacks and strokes. It has pused aside perfectly good words as extensive or comprehensive, even fatal.
Just laziness ... submitted by Bob
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Medium fries
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McDonalds no longer sells "small" fries. They have "medium" "large" and "super large." Must be they are too embarassed by the size of their medium fries to call them small. How can you have a medium and a large with no small. They must think American Consumers are stupid. But then again, if you're eating at McDonalds...... submitted by Randy Coller
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Melk
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Well sorry people the word is MILK submitted by
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Methodology
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Word really means "study of methods" but people, i.e. jackasses impressed with their own greatness, use it to mean "methods". As if life is a game of scrabble... There are other -ologies and -isms out there, and they're all pirated. submitted by
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Microsoft Works
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The word means it works (or should) but we know it doesn't :^)
Come on Bill, gives us back the word or fix your OS! submitted by John
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Miracle
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The other day, honestly, the weatherman said that it had snowed in the mountains and was dry in the valleys. This was a "miracle". Honestly, can we reserve "miracle" to refer to an event that has no conceivable natural explanation? submitted by UTroorat
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Mirror
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It has two syllables "mir-ror" NOT "meer" submitted by
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Mission Accomplished
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Need I say more?
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Missouri
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Misspoke
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Used by politicians to imply they expressed themselves "imperfectly or incorrectly" (Websters) when in reality, they were lying through their teeth submitted by Bob Morris
The phrases really means "I screwed up." The construction was invented to relieve the screw-up of any personal responsibility. submitted by Harvey Ardman
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Money
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we need money submitted by
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Moral Victory
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In sports journalism, the phrase is used to describe a situation whereby an underdog team loses a game, but plays better than expected. Thus, the game is considered a victory of sorts, although in reality it is a loss.
BUT, this has nothing to do with morals and/or ethics, does it? Then why call it a "moral victory"? Don't you mean "morale victory"? As in, "We lost, but the game really improved our morale."
MORALE VICTORY... not "moral victory"! submitted by Jeffrey Wellington Marbut
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More Accurate
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Either something is accurate (100% correct), or it is not. It can never be "more" accurate, because you cannot be more than 100% correct.
Which brings up the issue of people who say they "gave 110%". How is it possible to produce more than what you are capable of doing; which, by definition, is 100%. Even if you improve a skill or a physical performance, that new level becomes your 100% level. submitted by Glen
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Moving Forward
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A phrase used in business communications in a usually nonsensical manner, often just as a way of saying "shutup and lets continue", or "quite holding us back" and the like. submitted by
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My Bad
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My bad what? My bad grammar? My bad misuse of language skills? submitted by Michael Dawson
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My name is
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mad
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mainbrace
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man
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map
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marissa
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marooned
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mary read
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matey
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may
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"used to express an ability or power", according to my dictionary. A definable amount of uncertainty seems implit in the standard usage, especially when negated -- to say "I may not get there on time" doesn't rule out the possibility that I might arrive on time.
Sadly, "may' has lost all its meaning in the corporate world -- it's now used to suggest that "you might think you have a chance of the ambiguity going your way, but you really don't". If you read in corporate boilerplate --
"A fee may apply."
-- do you really believe there is any change you won't be paying a fee? On the other hand, if you read --
"We may offer you other rights not specified in this document.
-- you have to be pretty optimistic to believe that anything will be forthcoming... submitted by Jim Miller
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me harties
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me maty
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hi submitted by cow
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medal
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A medal is a prize given in some athletic competitions. It is not the act of winning a medal as in "she has medalled twice before this" submitted by John
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medium
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What really gets me is the way fast food restaurants use this word. Medium means intermediate, or in between the small and large. DO NOT MAKE YOUR SMALLEST MEAL THE "MEDIUM"! submitted by D-Man
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member
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I'm not a member of America Online. I'm a customer. submitted by Dan Gillmor
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meme
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The political bloggers really latched onto this one, but they seem to have become carried away of late. submitted by riverun
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mentle
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a "mentle" pirate is a pirate that lets him self die and if he see's treaser he does not tell the captin submitted by Dmoney playa1
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menu
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methodology
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1 : a body of methods , rules, and postulates employed by a discipline : a particular procedure or set of procedures
2 : the analysis of the principles or procedures of inquiry in a particular field
More often than not, people should be using the word method, not methodology. submitted by jonwa
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microsoft
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-Reflexology charts, hands and feet
-The Dr. Ikkaku Ochi Collection, diseased bodies (via B.A.)
-Even smoking a pack a day, I'll live to 83
-Surgery without Anesthesia, thanks to Power Breathing (via mefi)
-Old Men Crying (via J-Walk)
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mikado
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military intelligence
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militia
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militia -- a : a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency b : a body of citizens organized for military service (Websters)
To the FBI, the word militia means a group of wackos out in a rural area that own a lot of guns and don't pay taxes. The FBI has instructed the media to "play down" and to avoid the use of the word "militia" in the media, because it apparently excites these groups and helps them gain credibility.
The FBI stole our word right out of the Bill of Rights. submitted by
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mindmap
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you make a mindmap. you do not mindmap something.
-technically speaking, the term is ridiculous since you are in no way making a map of a mind. idea-mapping, perhaps, but not mind-mapping. submitted by highlyeccentric
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mischievous
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Too often mispronounced as mischievious...People...especially announcers...THERE IS NO i AFTER THE V! submitted by
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misspoke
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misunderestimated
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Thank you, Mr. President. submitted by
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mmm mmm good
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moisturize(r)
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the root, the adjective "moist", already has a sufficient verb form... "moisten", and a noun... "moistener". Why add extra letters to say the same thing? submitted by jatotu
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mom
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momentarily
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The word means "for a moment" (as in "The car sputtered momentarily before the engine started.") Some people have decided to use it as a fancier (ie more syllables) word for "in a moment." (as in "I'll be with you momentarily, just as soon as I finish my Big Mac.")
This may not seem like a big deal, but it may be the difference between life and death if you're on a plane and your pilot says "We'll be taking off momentarily". Do you respond with "Okay" or "Holy crap! Then what!?" submitted by Rob Lomax
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money
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monkey
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moot
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Moot really means 'worthy of discussion'. People who don't read the dictionary, and infer their meanings from usage, think it means just the opposite - 'Not worthy of discussion'. It's been priated because so many people fail to verify meaning before using a word submitted by Will
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more or less
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it doesn't really mean anything! what is it-- more or less?! submitted by pirateme
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more precise
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mothre fucker
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move forward
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muderd
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music
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mute
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this word is frequently misused for _moot_, as in
_the argument is mute_ Let's use apply it only to the (lack of ) speaking arena. I don't think this is piracy, though, unless ignorance counts submitted by Stan Scott
I bite my tongue to keep myself from replying "what has your cancer improved." More to the point, when the doctor tells me "your diabetes has improved".... One does not want one's doctor angry at one, does one.
Or is this simply a misuse of a word?????? submitted by
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myriad
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Not really pirated, just misused constantly and everywhere. PLEASE: If you must use "myriad," just think "many." It's "myriad stars in the sky," NOT "a myriad of stars in the sky." While I'm glad to have found a forum for venting about this poor little misused word, I hope all the wordies contributing to your piracy pile realize that it's often the hoi polloi's misunderstanding or misuse of words that causes language to grow and change. There's a reason Latin is called a dead language! submitted by Gracie-A
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myself
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This is a reflexive pronoun, meaning it should refer to the subject of the sentence. I notice people use it when they should say "I", or more often "me", but are trying to sound ultra-proper:
"He gave the report to John and myself."
"Steve and myself were responsible"
I've noticed that this is RAMPANT on "reality" TV where idiots try to pretend they are educated. Stop it, stop it now. submitted by J.
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