For all the fellow word geeks out there...

Im_NotPerfect

15 words that are (probably) made up, but commonly used...

1. Administrate: A back-formation of administration and an unnecessary extension of administer



2. Commentate: A back-formation of commentator and an unnecessary extension of comment



3. Dimunition: Erroneous; the correct form is diminution (think of diminutive)



4. Exploitive: A younger, acceptable variant of exploitative



5. Firstly: As with secondly and thirdly, erroneous when enumerating points; use first and so on



6. Heighth: Rarely appears in print, but a frequent error in spoken discourse (Why isn't height modeled on the form of depth, length, and width? Because it doesn't shift in spelling and pronunciation from its associated term, tall, like the others, which are derived from deep, long, and wide, do. Neither do we say or write weighth.)



7. Irregardless: An unnecessary extension of regardless on the analogy of irrespective but ignoring that regardless, though it is not an antonym of regard, already has an antonymic affix



8. Miniscule: A common variant of minuscule, but widely considered erroneous



9. Orientate: A back-formation of orientation and an unnecessary extension of orient



10. Participator: Erroneous; the correct form is participant



11. Preventative: A common and acceptable variant of preventive



12. Societal: A variant of social with a distinct connotation (for example, "social occasion," but "societal trends")



13. Supposably: An erroneous variant of supposedly



14. 'Til: Also rendered til and till, an clipped form of until that is correct but informal English; use the full word except in colloquial usage



15. Undoubtably: An erroneous variant of undoubtedly

dirtnap63

Number 7 drives me up a wall.

jnichel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHhYLJMi7CE

Gallowmere1984

...and my personal favorite: conversate. That 'word' makes me want to choke people.

n0ob

there is an amazingly appropriate group of memes I'd like to use here, but sadly one cannot drop the f bomb here and not get (deservitably) nuked.

Mutant13

'Addicting' -_-

I like this list.

wolverine66

...and my personal favorite: conversate. That 'word' makes me want to choke people.

yes.

and even though it is now accepted, i still can't use "snuck"

Crankstr

...and my personal favorite: conversate. That 'word' makes me want to choke people.

but...


nvrmnd.

wareagle8706

Love this! I saw this article the other day. There was only one on here I was unaware of...societal.

kbeckley11

13. Supposably: An erroneous variant of supposedly

Chandler: What if I never find someone? Or worse, what if I've found her, but I dumped her because she pronounced it ‘supposably?’
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Joey: Supposably... Supposably... Did they go to the zoo? Supposably.

fitnessGETZeasy

Ugh, nails on a chalk board. I try really hard not to be that way, but seriously, some of these make me cringe!

joanthemom8

The three that drive me up the wall the most made it to your list: supposably, heighth and orientate. I thought I was crazy because EVERYONE uses "heighth" .... I almost Googled it to see if I was the incorrect person. Same with supposably,.... I thought it was a California thing (I'm originally from New York)... glad to see it's a countrywide thing! LOL!

Cindy873

7, 9, 13...these stress me for some reason! :huh:

Bucky83

Love this list!

Amen to 'conversate' as well. I hear it way too much at work...it's hurts my ears.

Pepper2185

Number 13 drives me bonkers!

Along the same lines as "fustrated."

RBXChas

Thank you for this!

It also bothers me when people misuse the word "literally."

Example: "I am literally starving." No, you are not literally starving. You may be very hungry, yes, but you are not about to expire from your condition.

AmesMc1972

#13 drives me nuts!

AmesMc1972

Number 13 drives me bonkers!

Along the same lines as "fustrated."

A girl in my office says "flustrated" :mad: :grumble: