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BigMike782 said:
my major pet peeve,
cop/s....they are police officers!
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My pet peeve is people hung up on a title. :lol_hitti

Mechanics are now "Techs".
Secretaries are now "Administrative Assitants"
Garbage collectors are now "Sanitation Engineers"

Get over it, you job title doesn't increase your importance IMO.
 
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LAROKE, around here if you dont use my first name: ******' , I wont respond!! And all people have to do is say, "hot water, heater"...lol Almost forgot, dont forget the dumb *** that wants to ax you a question....oooooo I just want to pound em into the ground!
 
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KEH said:
A popular make of tractor powered rotary mower used it cut brush is Bush Hog. People, at least in my area, use the brand name to refer to this general type of rotary mower, whatever the make. Not unlike vise grips for locking pliers.

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I dated a girl one time, that worked in claims of a health insurance company. We were at an auction and I was looking at a rotary mower. She asked me what is was and I said bush hog. I joked with her alot, so she did not beleive me. On the way home she said she knew I was kidding her, because she had paid claims of people that were hurt by bush hogs, always hand and feet injuries. She just knew that what we were looking at was a mower, and a bush hog was some kind of animal that jumped out from a bush to get you.
 
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"hot water heater" bugs me too! so does "warsh my hands" the one that gets me the most is people who think if the word has an s it HAS to have an apostrophe....CD's
 
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dwright406 said:
I worked at a plumbing supply store when I was much younger, the more experienced guys there used to give people hell that would come in and want to buy a 'hot water heater'.

"If the water is already hot, why do you need to buy a heater for it?"
I heard that a lot from the salesmen at the counter, so I learned that one early on.
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Not the best attitude for a saleman!
 
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Let me add a few.

Sawzall® instead of reciprocating saw.( Beijing Electric Tool better known as Milwaukee)
Sheetrock® instead of drywall & other names. (USG)
Twistlock® to refer to a locking type plug or receptacle.(Hubbell)
Romex® instead of non metallic sheathed cable. (Southwire)
Trademark owners name in parentheses.


Southwire sent a message to a home inspectors forum about the posters referring to NM cable as "Romex" & that they did not like their trademark being used that way.
 
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Nostraquedeo said:
Irregardless of what you alll think, most people here in missoura, could care less if it's heating your hot water or cold water! Me thinks its really a warm water heater, since there ain't no thing as cold anyhow. You dont make things cold, you just remove the heat! You know, most of the water in it is hot when the cold water comes, so it's actually warm water your heating. Or depending what your temperature is of the word "hot".....you might actually be heating hot water. Just sayin'!
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Yeah, "irregardless" is my most peevish pet! It's either "regardless" or "irrespective" but not a bastardized hybrid of the two.
 
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Words you will never hear me use:

Facial tissue
Hook and loop fastener
Diagonal cutting pliers
Tongue and groove pliers
Reciprocating saw
Non metallic sheathed cable
Compression release engine brake
Locking pliers
Hex key
 
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mmack66 said:
Crescent wrench is used in the same manner that people use Kleenex or Coke, so I wouldn't exactly say it is misused.
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In the earlier days of photo copiers, Xerox™ was a big player and it was common to say to the secretary "please Xerox™ this for me". It got so bad that Xerox™ did, and I presume still does, defend their name any time they see it misused in a generic way, in the media. They have to defend the trademark or they will lose the use of it.

When eating out, I've simply asked for a "Coke™" and had a waitress tell me they didn't have "Coke™" but would "Pepsi™" do?

How about the use of "Ford wrench" to describe what is actually called a "auto wrench"

Charles
 
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olytdi said:
Yeah, "irregardless" is my most peevish pet! It's either "regardless" or "irrespective" but not a bastardized hybrid of the two.
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And so, the language evolves... not defending it, cause (should that be "because"?) some of it almost peeves me as well. But I only correct people I love.

How about "800" number when they mean toll-free number. I tell people there is only one 800 number... it's 800!! :lol_hitti

For all intensive purposes is my favorite dumb-*** indicator.
 
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olytdi said:
Yeah, "irregardless" is my most peevish pet! It's either "regardless" or "irrespective" but not a bastardized hybrid of the two.
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Irregardless drives me nuts too - but it is actually a defined word and is pretty much synonymous with regardless...it's awkward - but correct.
 
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What's funny is there are now several prefixes for toll-free numbers, not just 800-
Abbreviations like ya'll, prolly, etc. don't bother me... people misspelling things out of sheer ignorance does.
Of course, I'm a crazy person that writes complete sentences even over SMS (you might know it as "texting" :)
 
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mattmankow said:
Something is either regardless or it isn't. No irregardless.
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Drives me crazy too.....that and the following:
Pop in lieu of Soda or Soda Pop.
Pot in lieu of toliet.
Ice box in lieu of refrigerator.
Devane in lieu of couch.
People that call it a car even if it is a truck or van or wahetever....use vehicle if not sure!
 
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lisiecki1 said:
It bugs the hell out of me to read "I have (item) for sell".

:shocking:

It's for SALE you idiot. :lol_hitti
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The flip side of this is what gets me. I see it on Craigslist all the time, someone will put "I'm trying to sale my toolbox." You are trying to "sell" your toolbox, you have a toolbox for "sale" argh.

yuk said:
it spend most of its life heating hot water, not cold. i dont see the problem.
i think a tankless should be called a water heater and a tanked one a hot water heater.
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This^^^

JakeKohl said:
Irregardless drives me nuts too - but it is actually a defined word and is pretty much synonymous with regardless...it's awkward - but correct.
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And this^^^
 
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ears said:
Words you will never hear me use:

Facial tissue
Hook and loop fastener
Diagonal cutting pliers
Tongue and groove pliers
Reciprocating saw
Non metallic sheathed cable
Compression release engine brake
Locking pliers
Hex key
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Kleenex
Velcro
Dykes
Channellocks
Sawzall
Romex
Jake brake
Vice grips
Allen wrench

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Also, what powers your automobile that you put gasoline in? An ENGINE or a MOTOR? It's an ENGINE. Now in a purley Electric automobile, it would be a MOTOR.:p:evil:
 
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A pickup is a vehicle that has a capacity of 1/2 ton, 3/4 ton, or one ton single wheels. A dually or tonner is a pickup that has dual rear wheels.

A TRUCK is rated for over 1.5 tons, has at least 20" wheels (7.50X20, 10.00X20, 11R24.5), and is intended to actually be hauling a load, not just going to the coffee shop.

If this doesn't start a war, nothing will....Perhaps I will be banned?????? Maybe even get the thread locked so IBTL!!!!!!
 
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Shell casings. It started with CSI (the original) and has spread to every cop show on TV. It's simply a case. The (usually brass) case holds the bullet, the propellant, and the primer. Collectively, those four items form a cartridge. That same container unit for a shotgun is called a hull. The Hollywood writer that made up "shell casing" clearly has no firearms experience.
 
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I had a plumbing engineer correct my use of "hot water tank" in a client meeting once...it was my first design project as project architect and project manager...that 30 year engineer spent the next several months rearranging toilet room fixtures every couple of weeks.
 
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This is not a common misuse like most examples here, but the thread title is "Proper Terminology", so I think it fits.

From a HF tool page: "Reversible jaws for indoor and outdoor pulling". I need to download the user manual for that set. I am curious if it tells you how to "reverse" the jaws to change from indoor to outdoor use.
 
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Architorture said:
I had a plumbing engineer correct my use of "hot water tank" in a client meeting once...it was my first design project as project architect and project manager...that 30 year engineer spent the next several months rearranging toilet room fixtures every couple of weeks.
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Thus defining the difference between jerk and ****...

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JakeKohl said:
Irregardless drives me nuts too - but it is actually a defined word and is pretty much synonymous with regardless...it's awkward - but correct.
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Definition of IRREGARDLESS

nonstandard
: regardless
Usage Discussion of IRREGARDLESS

Irregardless originated in dialectal American speech in the early 20th century. Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to the attention of usage commentators as early as 1927. The most frequently repeated remark about it is that “there is no such word.” There is such a word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, although it can be found from time to time in edited prose. Its reputation has not risen over the years, and it is still a long way from general acceptance. Use regardless instead.:rocker:
 
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