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)

Tweets about ""wreck havoc""

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

Tweets about ""mute point""

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

Tweets about ""beyond the pail""

Baited breath - Fishy (See: Silvio Burlesconi)

Tweets about ""baited breath""

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

Tweets about ""all intensive purposes""

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

Tweets about ""could care less""

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

Tweets about "irregardless"

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

Tweets about ""things are getting worst""

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