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Is there a word that pushes your buttons?

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited September 2023
    I have been hoovering for about half a century. They have all lasted an acceptably long time.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • WaterbutWaterbut Posts: 344
    Penultimate and extant does it for  me. Especially extant because it means the opposite of what you might think it means. Some idiot gave me a pile of papers when I worked  with the word extant on the file cover. I threw them in the bin.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Is your dislike of the word penultimate extant ?  It's nearly 7. 20
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Love it!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Sloppy proof reading gets my goat.  I've just read a rather poor novel by a local author which was made infinitely worse by such things as "She told him such an incredulous story", and "We've no way of knowing if the perpetuators will try to harm her".  I'm about to email the publisher... wonder if they'll be offended, or offer me a job??
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Certainly a criteria  necessary to flout your knowledge of the English language. @Liriodendron
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    But they are miniscule errors.
    @Liriodendron
  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Interesting that "miniscule" now appears in some dictionaries as an alternative spelling for "minuscule".
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    Similarly, barbeque is starting to be an accepted spelling of barbecue. 
    Rutland, England
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