Common sayings people screw up

I am interested in some ways that people screw up common sayings. I would like to read examples that people have actually heard.

I have heard people say "if worse comes to first."

I had a friend who would always say that we needed to do something ASVP, an interesting hybrid of ASAP and RSVP (which are actually in different languages).

* "I could care less" should be "I couldn't care less."
* "Conversate" should be "converse."

Irregardless and pacific insteda of specific

I'm from rags to riches n*ggas I ain't dumb, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't 1 ~ Jay-Z
Motivation: [Bitches] fakin' only gonna inspire; All yo hatin' is fuel to my fire ~ TI

Lammastide said:

I do that ALL the time! That's one of those sayings, that right before I say it, I'm going over it in my head like "ok, which one is it again?", and then I still say it wrong.

I used to say conversate when I was a teen, but now I use the proper term. And honestly, it should be conversate. The English language seems so backwards sometimes.

I graduated bitches!!! 12-19-09

PurpleRighteous1 said:

Lammastide said:

* "I could care less" should be "I couldn't care less."
* "Conversate" should be "converse."

I do that ALL the time! That's one of those sayings, that right before I say it, I'm going over it in my head like "ok, which one is it again?", and then I still say it wrong.

I used to say conversate when I was a teen, but now I use the proper term. And honestly, it should be conversate. The English language seems so backwards sometimes.

I'm from rags to riches n*ggas I ain't dumb, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't 1 ~ Jay-Z
Motivation: [Bitches] fakin' only gonna inspire; All yo hatin' is fuel to my fire ~ TI

The correct term is "bald-faced lie" - not bold-faced.

SCNDLS said:

PurpleRighteous1 said:

I do that ALL the time! That's one of those sayings, that right before I say it, I'm going over it in my head like "ok, which one is it again?", and then I still say it wrong.

I used to say conversate when I was a teen, but now I use the proper term. And honestly, it should be conversate. The English language seems so backwards sometimes.

I say conversate to be funny, like when I'm imitating some lameass dude that wants to holla:

Lame dude: Say, say, say, Chocolate, what chu doin', where you goin' can I holla at chu and conversate a lil bit???

Me:

That's an instant turn off for me. It's like surely someone has told u by now that's not a word!

stupid punctuation edit

I graduated bitches!!! 12-19-09

PurpleRighteous1 said:

SCNDLS said:

I say conversate to be funny, like when I'm imitating some lameass dude that wants to holla:

Lame dude: Say, say, say, Chocolate, what chu doin', where you goin' can I holla at chu and conversate a lil bit???

Me:

That's an instant turn off for me? It's like surely someone has told u by now that's not a word!

I'm from rags to riches n*ggas I ain't dumb, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't 1 ~ Jay-Z
Motivation: [Bitches] fakin' only gonna inspire; All yo hatin' is fuel to my fire ~ TI

Cardshark instead of cardsharp

I'm from rags to riches n*ggas I ain't dumb, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't 1 ~ Jay-Z
Motivation: [Bitches] fakin' only gonna inspire; All yo hatin' is fuel to my fire ~ TI

Butt naked vs. Buck naked.

Would have vs. Would of.

SCNDLS said:

PurpleRighteous1 said:

That's an instant turn off for me? It's like surely someone has told u by now that's not a word!

Apparently not cuz too many grown ass mofos are using it then got the nerve to stress it for emphasis.

SCNDLS said:

PurpleRighteous1 said:

Lammastide said:

* "I could care less" should be "I couldn't care less."
* "Conversate" should be "converse."

I do that ALL the time! That's one of those sayings, that right before I say it, I'm going over it in my head like "ok, which one is it again?", and then I still say it wrong.

I used to say conversate when I was a teen, but now I use the proper term. And honestly, it should be conversate. The English language seems so backwards sometimes.

Graycap23 said:

SCNDLS said:

Apparently not cuz too many grown ass mofos are using it then got the nerve to stress it for emphasis.

NawhaI..MEAN?

I'm from rags to riches n*ggas I ain't dumb, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't 1 ~ Jay-Z
Motivation: [Bitches] fakin' only gonna inspire; All yo hatin' is fuel to my fire ~ TI

SCNDLS said:

Graycap23 said:

NawhaI..MEAN?

When someone says, "You can contact Lynn or MYSELF..."
(or any time MYSELF is used in these instances)

NO!!!

It is "Lynn or ME"
If you remove "Lynn", you wouldn't say "Contact myself, therefore it's incorrect!

"When you're standing in the epicenter, the shaking starts here. Let the shakin' begin..." -Paradigm, 2001
"Shake your body all over me, woman, and dance..."- Dance Wit' Me, 1982
"You gotta shake somethin'!"- Shake!, 1990

LoL...Is it "I've got bigger fish to fry!" or "I've got battered fish to fry!"...???

Graycap23 said:

SCNDLS said:

YaknowhaI'msaying.....

I'm from rags to riches n*ggas I ain't dumb, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't 1 ~ Jay-Z
Motivation: [Bitches] fakin' only gonna inspire; All yo hatin' is fuel to my fire ~ TI

SCNDLS said:

SUPRMAN said:

I'm from rags to riches n*ggas I ain't dumb, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't 1 ~ Jay-Z
Motivation: [Bitches] fakin' only gonna inspire; All yo hatin' is fuel to my fire ~ TI

SCNDLS said:

SUPRMAN said:

???
I know what a cardshark is but what is a cardsharp? hmmmm

Probably what you think a cardshark is.

The rednecks around here say "supposebly" instead of "supposedly".

But the one that makes me cringe is "physical" instead of "fiscal".

Expresso. It's espresso. Espresso.

Honey said:

Honey said:

Get to know me better: http://www.sahril.com

Oh - the other one is "present" instead of "president". For some reason, a lot of right-wing talk radio heads say "Present Obama" or "Present Bush".

I guess they just can't wait to spew their hate, and that extra syllable slows them down too much.

Genesia said:

SCNDLS said:

Probably what you think a cardshark is.

Whaaaaat?! You never saw a black velvet painting of sharks playing poker?!

I'm from rags to riches n*ggas I ain't dumb, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't 1 ~ Jay-Z
Motivation: [Bitches] fakin' only gonna inspire; All yo hatin' is fuel to my fire ~ TI

SirPsycho said:

Honey said:

Butt naked vs. Buck naked.

Would have vs. Would of.

i was always parital to booty-butt naked or simply butt-ass


bernie mac made me wanna start sayin "bucky-ass-nekid" tho

I'm from rags to riches n*ggas I ain't dumb, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't 1 ~ Jay-Z
Motivation: [Bitches] fakin' only gonna inspire; All yo hatin' is fuel to my fire ~ TI

SCNDLS said:

SirPsycho said:

i was always parital to booty-butt naked or simply butt-ass


bernie mac made me wanna start sayin "bucky-ass-nekid" tho

In the south, naked means you ain't got clothes, but nekkid means you ain't got no clothes and you doing something dirty.

Get to know me better: http://www.sahril.com

SirPsycho said:

SCNDLS said:

In the south, naked means you ain't got clothes, but nekkid means you ain't got no clothes and you doing something dirty.

...you seem pretty edjamacated on that there subject miss lady

I'm from rags to riches n*ggas I ain't dumb, I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't 1 ~ Jay-Z
Motivation: [Bitches] fakin' only gonna inspire; All yo hatin' is fuel to my fire ~ TI