There is NO SUCH THING as "a word in edgewise"

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SuperScrabbleGirl
SuperScrabbleGirl Posts: 310 Member
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Oh man, if I hear one more person say "a word in edgewise" I'm going to freak out.

The saying is "A word in edgeways", as in: the person was talking so much, that if you could literally see the words coming out of there mouth, there would be so many, that you couldn't fit one word in if you turned it on it's edge.

And while I'm at it, it's "I couldn't care less".
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  • MaryEffingPoppins
    MaryEffingPoppins Posts: 371 Member
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    Vent girl.
  • sknopps
    sknopps Posts: 166
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    hahaha yes.
  • SuperScrabbleGirl
    SuperScrabbleGirl Posts: 310 Member
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    Vent girl.
    Haha, yeah, I know. Just be glad you don't know me in real life! You'd have to deal with this stuff aaaaaall the time ;)
  • TDGee
    TDGee Posts: 2,209 Member
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    Um, thank you?!
  • spyro88
    spyro88 Posts: 472 Member
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    lol =) One that annoys me is "At the end of the day". So overused.
  • babylemonade
    babylemonade Posts: 250 Member
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    Haha, yeah, I know. Just be glad you don't know me in real life! You'd have to deal with this stuff aaaaaall the time ;)
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    It's a peeve of mine when people say "In real life". I mean, in person makes sense, but conversing on the internet counts as fake life?
  • babylemonade
    babylemonade Posts: 250 Member
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    [/quote]
    Haha, yeah, I know. Just be glad you don't know me in real life! You'd have to deal with this stuff aaaaaall the time ;)
    [/quote]

    It's a peeve of mine when people say "In real life". I mean, in person makes sense, but conversing on the internet counts as fake life?
  • BryanAir
    BryanAir Posts: 434
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    The Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms disagrees. Edgewise is the American form of the idiom and edgeways is the British and Australian form of the idiom.
  • CMH24
    CMH24 Posts: 101 Member
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    It's a peeve of mine when people say "In real life". I mean, in person makes sense, but conversing on the internet counts as fake life?

    I believe "In real life" started with MMO video games, seeing as how it is NOT real life. People just grow attached to the saying... sadly I am one. LOL It makes it easier to see who is a gamer though. :P
  • SuperScrabbleGirl
    SuperScrabbleGirl Posts: 310 Member
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    It's a peeve of mine when people say "In real life". I mean, in person makes sense, but conversing on the internet counts as fake life?
    Okay, guess I should have said "In 3D", but I didn't want to make myself sound like the latest CGI film release, your know?
  • zorbaru
    zorbaru Posts: 1,077 Member
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    and while we are at it, there is no way you "could of, would of or should of"

    you could've, would've and should've or could have, would have and should have.
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
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    The Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms disagrees. Edgewise is the American form of the idiom and edgeways is the British and Australian form of the idiom.


    Yeah. I'm American. I've never heard of "edgeways."
  • sknopps
    sknopps Posts: 166
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    there, their, they're.

    ugh.
  • babylemonade
    babylemonade Posts: 250 Member
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    It's a peeve of mine when people say "In real life". I mean, in person makes sense, but conversing on the internet counts as fake life?

    I believe "In real life" started with MMO video games, seeing as how it is NOT real life. People just grow attached to the saying... sadly I am one. LOL It makes it easier to see who is a gamer though. :P

    lol that makes sense. I love video games but I always play with people I know so I never used that saying lol
  • zorbaru
    zorbaru Posts: 1,077 Member
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    and also. if you say LOL in real life, then you aren't.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
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    The Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms disagrees. Edgewise is the American form of the idiom and edgeways is the British and Australian form of the idiom.


    Yeah. I'm American. I've never heard of "edgeways."

    Same here. I thought it was yet another word I pronounced wrong. :laugh:
  • IMYarnCraz33
    IMYarnCraz33 Posts: 1,016 Member
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    The Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms disagrees. Edgewise is the American form of the idiom and edgeways is the British and Australian form of the idiom.


    Thank you!
  • IMYarnCraz33
    IMYarnCraz33 Posts: 1,016 Member
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    and while we are at it, there is no way you "could of, would of or should of"

    you could've, would've and should've or could have, would have and should have.


    this bugs me too
    it's like lets do english/spelling/grammar classes over! lol
  • iluvsparkles
    iluvsparkles Posts: 1,730 Member
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    lol, this reminds me of my pet peeve: When people say "supposively"
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,704 Member
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    I'll vent:


    No such thing as TONING, TONED when applying to fitness. You can "tone up" muscle to get it conditioned. It's either conditioned or not. "Toning" somehow morphed from "tone up" when pilates and yoga came on the fitness scene.

    v. toned, ton·ing, tones
    v.tr.
    1. To give a particular tone or inflection to.
    2. To soften or change the color of (a painting or photographic negative, for example).
    3. To sound monotonously; intone.
    4. To make firmer or stronger. Often used with up: exercises that tone up the body.

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