tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30992975.post115350674418481240..comments2023-05-04T04:03:28.452-07:00Comments on Momily: Other common usages include . . [note: more at the end this time]Momilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12601711936352410389noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30992975.post-1154023301523652132006-07-27T11:01:00.000-07:002006-07-27T11:01:00.000-07:00I just learned that nonplussed (nonplused?) is the...I just learned that nonplussed (nonplused?) is the opposite of what I thought.<BR/><BR/>Even though the non implies lack I really seems wrong to me.<BR/><BR/>Irregardless its some thing I could care less about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30992975.post-1153603527687234182006-07-22T14:25:00.000-07:002006-07-22T14:25:00.000-07:00Luke said:Living in the Maritimes and working with...Luke said:<BR/><BR/>Living in the Maritimes and working with poor people, I get to listen to some horrific distortions of the English language. <BR/><BR/>My personal favorites are the expressions "some good", "right good", which both mean something is really good. If something is really, really good people call it "right some good". All of this is done without a hint of irony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30992975.post-1153518418367992452006-07-21T14:46:00.000-07:002006-07-21T14:46:00.000-07:00Yah. I also blame my mom for a number of mixed up ...Yah. I also blame my mom for a number of mixed up cliches. For example, her use of "out of the blues". You know, "Wow. That job offer came right out of the blues". Do you love it?<BR/><BR/>My most recent and memorable word misuse was "self-defacing". I used it to mean some mix between 'self-effacing' and 'self-depricating'. But, as Joolz finally informed me, it sounded like i was spraypainting my own face with a big "f*@#*k you, angie!!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30992975.post-1153514259419415782006-07-21T13:37:00.000-07:002006-07-21T13:37:00.000-07:00Salma Says:Crotchen!!!! Fantastic!!!Apparently (a...Salma Says:<BR/><BR/>Crotchen!!!! Fantastic!!!<BR/><BR/>Apparently (although I am still not entirely convinced) it is wrong to say "On top of the ball" as opposed to "On the Ball". I blame my mom... oh and Angie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com