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Thursday 16 May 2013

The Mutated Phrase Feed

I am confused, a lot of the time. I hate it when people fudge common phrases, yet, I sort of love it. This may seem a horribly conflicted realm in which to dwell, but I relish every second of it.

Twitter has catalysed this joy for me recently, with a real-time stream of hideous, malformed phraseology at my fingertips. A constant, unending litany and pain and joy and suffering and glory. Mmmmm.

Below, I gather this unforgiving river of beautifully misshapen misery. Forgive those who quote the phrase to mock those who use it mistakenly. They know not what they do.

Wreck havoc - To destroy someone's attempts to induce havoc, ie to induce calm (See: Buddha)



Mute point - When someone is trying to make a point without really saying anything (See: Andrew Bolt)



Beyond the pail - Near a bucket (See: Me with a very bad hangover)



Baited breath - Fishy (See: Silvio Burlesconi)



For all intensive purposes - Someone who is purposefully intense. (See: Gordon Ramsay)



I could care less - A probabilistic assessment of the likelihood of being able to experience less caring (See: The British Royal Family)



Irregardless - Towards something being regardless. Sort of regardless, but not quite. (See: The Voice)



Things are getting worst - Everything is nearly as bad as it possibly can be. (See: The apocalypse)



I know, I know. I 'blog on wind energy'. I made this, to satisfy that immutable criterion:


4 comments:

  1. this is wonderful, and yet also incredibly depressing...

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    1. NO ONE NOTICED I MIS-TYPED A WORD AND NOW I HAVE UPDATED IT WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE MUAHAHAHA

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  2. irregardless of the mute point you're attempting to make here, my patience with corruptors of the English language has been pushed beyond the pail. But sadly, I know things will only get worst. I wait with baited breath for your next instalment

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    1. ...in which I'm sure you'll continue to wreck havoc on these ill-educated buffoons.

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