Let's List the Most Misused Words in the English Language
 

Due (from "due to")

loose and lose, here.

Patriot.

Evil.

Originally posted by Patroklos
affect/effect. In fact I am pretty sure a lot of people do not even know the word "affect" even exists and just use "effect" for both. Ironically, this is the penultimate word whose affect have impacted us greatly (literally).

"war"

Oh, and before someone gets cute and says "owned" is one of the most misused words in the English language, go try getting some more gamerscore points on Halo and play with your overproduced Warhammer set, I am out of time for your antics.

Originally posted by BeBro


Oh yeah. Some weeks ago, I landed at CNN at night only to watch that Dobbs guy blabbering about some "War on the Middle Class". What's next, "War on US carmakers" (by Japan)? "War on Bush" (by teh librul media of course)? "War on Hollywood"? Oh, thank goodness the writers are back, so this one's out.... I guess we need a "war on war".

Banana.
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I really hate when apathetic people say "I could care less," when what they really mean is "I couldn't care less."

Gay

Use of "-gate" as a suffix to the name of someone/something involved in any scandal.

The idea is that it's sarcastic. Whereas I couldn't care less is literal. Usually you are trying to be a douchebag when you say either, so it makes at least some sense that it could be sarcastic in context.

Originally posted by Wiglaf
The idea is that it's sarcastic. Whereas I couldn't care less is literal. Not figurative?

Originally posted by Dauphin


Not figurative? Yeah, ironic isn't it?

Racist.

Dependant/dependent winds me up.

Originally posted by DrSpike
Dependant/dependent winds me up. You have a wife and kids already?

Both are actually acceptable uses of the phrase today.

Originally posted by Nostromo
I don't have a word, but an expression:

"To beg the question", which means "to assume the truth of the thing that is to be proved". A lot of people seem to think that it means "to raise the question" or "invite the obvious question" This is absurd.