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    Posts: 1,449 Member
    edited September 2024 in Chit-Chat
    Lose:
    -verb
    1.
    to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
    2.
    to fail inadvertently to retain (something) in such a way that it cannot be immediately recovered: I just lost a dime under this sofa.
    3.
    to suffer the deprivation of: to lose one's job; to lose one's life.


    Loose:

    –adjective
    1.
    free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
    2.
    free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night.
    3.
    uncombined, as a chemical element.

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    • Posts: 3,338 Member
      This is helpful. I don't want my weight to be loose and running free like alley cats!
    • Posts: 454 Member
      amen!
    • Posts: 3,386 Member
      Huh? I'm jest trien to loose wait.
    • Posts: 994 Member
      Your totally right.

      And by Your I mean You're. Another pet peeve of mine...
    • Posts: 661 Member
      Haha, that's great. I always get so annoyed when people use "loose" for "lose", and it happens ALL THE TIME (as you obviously have noticed as well.)

      You don't "loose" weight....you LOSE it, people.
    • Posts: 188 Member
      THANK YOU!!! I hate being the grammar police. :)
    • Posts: 1,123
      uh oh. The last thread like this got deleted.

      :p
    • Posts: 507 Member
      I haven't lost any weight. I removed it. I know exactly where it went - my metabolic processes.
    • Posts: 86
      well... it's the internet. people misspell stuff when they post online. ignore capitalization, even!
    • Posts: 45 Member
      I don't want to lose weight. I want to get rid of it. If I lose it, someday I'm sure I'll find it.
    • Posts: 956 Member
      Funny but, some people hate the Grammar Police.
    • Posts: 19
      Perfect. The advanced version of this post should address "plato" v. "plateau."
    • Posts: 635 Member
      LOL, my favourite:

      "In order to loose wait, should I eat back my calories?"

      PLEASE read the sticky threads, or at least search your question first!!!!! And use proper grammar, that would also be appreciated.
    • Posts: 96
      If I let my weight loose will it go be free. and far away from me? :laugh:
    • Posts: 3,338 Member
      Perfect. The advanced version of this post should address "plato" v. "plateau."

      Let's not get philosophical here.
    • Posts: 1,449 Member
      uh oh. The last thread like this got deleted.

      :p

      Based on? I'm not making any direct attacks.
    • Posts: 1,208 Member
      It's official, the next time I post a thread, I'm using "loose." It drives me nuts that people get so hung up on something so minor.
    • Posts: 1,449 Member
      It's official, the next time I post a thread, I'm using "loose." It drives me nuts that people get so hung up on something so minor.

      It drives me nuts that my minor hang-ups drive you nuts.
    • Posts: 68 Member
      Lose:
      -verb
      1.
      to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
      2.
      to fail inadvertently to retain (something) in such a way that it cannot be immediately recovered: I just lost a dime under this sofa.
      3.
      to suffer the deprivation of: to lose one's job; to lose one's life.


      Loose:

      –adjective
      1.
      free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
      2.
      free from anything that binds or restrains; unfettered: loose cats prowling around in alleyways at night.
      3.
      uncombined, as a chemical element.


      lol
    • Posts: 2,351 Member
      show previous quotes

      Let's not get philosophical here.

      BWAHAHAHAHAHA
    • Posts: 6,423 Member
      I love the definition of lose as in "without likelihood of recovery". That's what I want for my excess weight this time around, not just misplaced like on previous attempts where I found it again.

      May I add, Schwiggity, that you are looking fabulous - I bet you have lots of LOOSE pants now you have worked so hard to LOSE weight :)
    • Posts: 386 Member
      It's official, the next time I post a thread, I'm using "loose." It drives me nuts that people get so hung up on something so minor.

      It's not minor when it inhibits you from understanding what the person is trying to say.

      I'm forgiving if it's the only, or one of the few, misspellings in the post. But if it's among a slew of other hastily-concocted grammar and imaginative letters strung together...I don't like having to sound everything out just to understand what's being written in the post.

      Communication, believe it or not, is rather integral to human interaction. We have big brains for a reason. Use them wisely.
    • Posts: 3
      you will never be able to stop people from misusing "loose"... folks have been trying for ages, lol:bigsmile:
    • Posts: 1,449 Member
      you will never be able to stop people from misusing "loose"... folks have been trying for ages, lol:bigsmile:

      I feel special that you made this your first post.
    • Posts: 711 Member
      It irks the hell out of me when people can't spell or confuse homophones. If they're careless or ignorant with simply how they present themselves online, it leads me to believe that they're the same way with other areas of their lives.

      God forbid you point it out though, because for some reason they believe that below average intelligence and poor spelling/grammar are mutually exclusive.

      Yes, I realize I'm not perfect (I'm overly liberal with punctuation) and online communication lends itself to a certain level of informality, but Jesus H Christ! when my eyes start to glaze over halfway through a post because the errors are so distracting, you lose me.
    • Posts: 1,185 Member
      Haha! Awesome! Love it!! That makes me crazy!!! Dictionary.com people because its NOT a good thing to be calling yourself loose!
    • Posts: 9,543 Member
      Oh dear. Here we go again. :ohwell:
    • Posts: 683 Member
      Huh? I'm jest trien to loose wait.

      I just almost woke everyone up LOL
    • Posts: 355 Member
      thank you! If only there was some kind of book where people could look up the spelling and definition of words... LOL
    • Posts: 570 Member
      I guess I'm just odd in the fact that poorly spelled words don't really bother me, as long as I understand what they are trying to say I really don't care how they spell it. If someone says "by the time I was 15 I was fat and now I need to loose some weight" I understand perfectly what they are trying to communicate, what bugs me is when someone says something like this....

      "bie da tiem I waz lyke 5ifteen I waz fayt n now i ned toooo looose sum wate"

      otherwise general spelling errors are something that I notice but don't really care about. (maybe it's cause I know I suck at spelling a grammar myself.)
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