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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary was inundated with language features that people get wrong – 19 of the best (or worst)

11.

Idk about other people, but I used to think if you were poor that you were making "Ends Meat"

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— dB (@berrythelede.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 7:43 PM

12.

Supposebly, some people don’t understand irregardless of the language

— Dana LV (@spoontown11.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 7:13 PM

13.

escape goat (and it was uttered by a really stupid politician of yore)

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— IndyAnna (@indyannapolis.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 5:36 PM

14.

I’ve seen many college educated adults label something a “mute point”.

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— Whatever Man (@whatever-man.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 5:23 PM

15.

FREE REIN.
Dammit.
It’s a horse reference, not a king, not freaking precipitation.

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— Pokin (@pokinpotentialppl.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 7:21 PM

16.

I still think about Stannis a lot.

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— Brittani Burnham (@ramblingfilm.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 5:15 PM

17.

On accident

It’s By accident

Fight me

— Kendracula (@kendracula.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 5:13 PM

18.

On tender hooks

— Dee-Daydream (@dee-daydream.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 10:03 PM

19.

This post just doesn't pass mustard.

— historynerd62.bsky.social (@historynerd62.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 4:21 PM

And finally …

People are saying wary when they mean weary and its making me both.

— Joseph Phelps (@h-k-j.bsky.social) December 30, 2024 at 5:25 PM

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Stop all the debates – the dictionary says Die Hard is a Christmas film, and that’s good enough for us

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