TheNeedForZ Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 What are those terms ppl use but are used wrong? 1. People say "bore the cylinder out thirty over (0.30" over)", but really it is 0.030" over. 2. "Harmonic balancer"----> it really is just a torsion vibration damper. 3. the revolver rimmed cartridge .45 "Long Colt" ----> it is called .45 Colt and what else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimzdat Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 People who take something out of the freezer to "unthaw". People who ask you: "Can you borrow me 5 bucks?" Sure, who would you like me to borrow it from? Anyone who has to fix the "breaks" on thier car. Probably plenty more, give me time to think of them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelToad Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 People who, when having an upset stomach say: "I feel nauseous" -- when it should be I feel nauseated. if you're nauseous then your making other people sick (hmmm I guess in a way they're right). People who say they're going to the ATM machine (duh' theres an 'M' in there) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 "thirty over" implies thousands at the end. No misnomer there. Long Colt is a colloquialism used to distinguish it from a 45 ACP round. 45 Colt is potentially ambiguous. I don't see the problem with word harmonics either. Could just as easily use the phrase octave suppression device. But then I have often been accused of being argumentative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 People say "bore the cylinder out thirty over (0.30" over)", but really it is 0.030" over. As Pop said, machinists talk in terms of thousandsths. Your .030 is "300 over" or "3 tenths" in the world of machining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zmanco Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 When people say "I could care less", they should really be saying "I couldn't care less". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
283VZ Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 I order take out from a Mexican food place. Instead of saying " your order will be ready in 10 min " He says " please bring me 10 min ". How am I supposed to bring time ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted October 13, 2007 Administrators Share Posted October 13, 2007 "Freeze Plug". They are "core plugs", "soft plugs", etc. Not freeze plugs. “Hot Water Heaterâ€. If the water is already hot, why are we trying to heat it? It is called a “Water Heaterâ€. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 As Pop said, machinists talk in terms of thousandsths. Your .300 is "300 over" or "3 tenths" in the world of machining. also, Building on the atm machine one, TPS Sensor ...ok thats all i can think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Irregardless... "Series 1" 240Z... ECT... Don't get me started!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannji Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 How about "Shut the lights" or "Heat up" something, or can you "Itch my back?". My personal peeves are mis-use of absolutes, such as describing something as "Pretty unique". Being slightly pregnant would be pretty unique, don't you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280zwitha383 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Hispanic people say "turn the candle off". That just kills me.... There's no switch on a candle. They say "get off the car" when you're not riding ON the car but IN the car. There's a few more I can't think of right now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Z Turbo Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 "Literally" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNeedForZ Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 As Pop said, machinists talk in terms of thousandsths. Your .030 is "300 over" or "3 tenths" in the world of machining. I guess I didn't really say what I meant. I mean ppl type " .30" over " on the screen, but thinking it stands for "thirty over". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X64v Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 When people pronounce across "acrosst." There's no T. Also, using good as an adverb, which it is not. Although those are pet peeves, not misnomers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 tuff z Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 ahh, the classic-my vin number, simply a duplication essentially saying my vehicle identification number number. or, where did you park the car at? the classic dangling participle. if my vague english serves me correctly, this could be easily avoided by saying, where did you park the car at, a&&ho$#? there are many, many more... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 There is also the PVC valve....uhm don't you mean the PCV valve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted October 13, 2007 Administrators Share Posted October 13, 2007 There is also the PVC valve....uhm don't you mean the PCV valve. Don’t you know anything? The PVC valve is part of the Poly-Vinyl Chloride injection system, duh! I’m just kidding. I saw this one and couldn’t resist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentNight1647 Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 The number one thing that bothers me is the local "streetracers" all run say they run jet fuel in their cars. I haven't had the heart to tell them that it's kerosene yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zmanco Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 How about when someone says that they received something "for free"? Free can be an adjective or an adverb. It's not a noun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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