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> English for instance would never ever do something like that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless Or one th
by dorfsmay 7y ago
> English for instance would never ever do something like that
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irregardless
Or one that absolutely drives me nuts:
"A great rate of speed"
Which is a journalist way to say "I failed high school physics, but I'm still going to try to sound smart".
- ben509 7y agoMy favorite is still "laxadaisical" for those situations when neither "lax" nor "lackadaisical" are enough.
- loeg 7y agoOr exonerative tense: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/past_exonerative https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/past_exonerative In which journalists use the passive voice to excuse, e.g., police shootings. "The victim was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting." Rather than: "the officer shot and killed the victim." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/14/the-curious-grammar-of-police-shootings/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/14/... https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/washington/14mistakes.html https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/14/washington/14mistakes.htm...