Most of them need no extra explanations. And I\u2019d love to hear the ones that chap your<\/em> hide, too! So please share them in the Comments below.<\/p>\n THE MODERN CLICH\u00c9S<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAmazing!\u201d (Most things are not at all<\/em> amazing\u2014that word basically means \u201csomething so rare that it truly amazes us!\u201d It\u2019s definitely not<\/em> for the number of things people feel the need to use it for.)<\/p>\n \u201cThe two best words in sports,\u201d said about every Game 7 in an important seven-game series. And the people who say it declare it as though there can be no dissension about that concept. But I<\/em> can think of several much better two words in sports, such as \u201cYou won!,\u201d \u201cThe Champion!,\u201d and \u201cOlympic gold!\u201d<\/p>\n The winner will be \u201cwhoever wants it more.\u201d Trust me, all<\/em> athletic vie-ers want it the most! (Unless it\u2019s me<\/em>\u2014I always just wanted to look cute in my competition outfit. And I\u2019m not kidding about that, not even a little bit.) So no one wants it more<\/em>; they all desire the win the same. (When a Seattle Mariner was being interviewed last week after losing Game 7 to get into the World Series, a teammate\u2019s very painful bloodcurdling scream could be heard in the background. No one wanted it \u201cmore\u201d than that<\/em> guy, yet his team lost<\/em>!)<\/p>\n \u201cTrigger.\u201d Everything these days seems to \u201ctrigger\u201d someone about something! Enough already! They need to start stating what they really<\/em> mean.<\/p>\n \u201cI have to find \u2018my person.\u2019 \u201d Ugh. Just state what kind of person you\u2019re talking about!!! Is it a boyfriend or girlfriend? Or not even a love interest at all, as \u201cperson\u201d can be any kind of human. Maybe a house cleaner, (which is the kind of person I\u2019d<\/em> love to find!)<\/p>\n Such-and-such, (usually failure,) \u201cis not an option.\u201d Of course it is! It\u2019s a major<\/em> one. And if it\u2019s used for an athletic competition, as it often is, there\u2019s usually a fifty-fifty chance of failure!<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not gonna lie.\u201d Why would<\/em> you? Do you think you have to let us know that? Really?!<\/p>\n \u201cHolding space for\u2026\u201d What does that even mean???<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s so random,\u201d when it\u2019s totally not<\/em> random! Does no one know vocabulary definitions???<\/p>\n \u201cHidden gem.\u201d None of them are hidden<\/em> and few are gems<\/em>!!! For example, people on my local Next Door keep saying that a certain neighborhood eatery, Trattoria del Sole, is one. But it\u2019s far from hidden<\/em>\u2014it\u2019s right out there on major Ventura Boulevard, and attached to a much-used alley! And the food sucks, so far from a gem<\/em>.<\/p>\n THE TOTALLY INCORRECT<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIrregardless,\u201d when they actually mean \u201cregardless.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI could care less,\u201d when they actually mean \u201cI could not<\/em> care less.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI mean\u2026,\u201d (to start sentences.) How did that one even start<\/em>? The first time I heard it, from former tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, (back when she was playing,) I kept going back, trying to find her previous sentence that I assumed she was explaining what she meant by it. But, of course, there was none. She began her only<\/em> statement with that idiotic, \u201cI mean\u2026\u201d Grrr.<\/p>\n \u201cGaslighting.\u201d As I explained in a play review this past June, to \u201cgaslight\u201d someone means to manipulate them into questioning their own reality. All of a sudden, many people have started using the term for a plethora of ways their significant other is mistreating them, none of which are actual \u201cgaslighting.\u201d I hate when not-too-bright peeps think they\u2019re being intelligent and\/or profound when they are far from either!<\/p>\n THE WORDS PEOPLE OFTEN MISPRONOUNCE<\/strong><\/p>\n [Note: I hear a lot of dreadful mispronunciations on individuals, but these are a few I\u2019ve heard from multiple<\/em> people. It just blows my mind that so many can be so wrong! They must have been absent on more than one day!]<\/p>\n \u201cBought\u201d for \u201cbRought.\u201d This is the most egregious to me. They\u2019re totally different words, people!\u201dBought\u201d is the past tense of \u201cbuy,\u201d while \u201cbrought\u201d is the past tense of \u201cbring!\u201d If you\u2019re guilty of this vocab error, and would like to educate yourself, I explain it in depth right here: itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/karens-lessons-the-difference-between-bought-and-brought<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cEKspecially\u201d for the correct \u201cespecially.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Screen](\"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screen-Shot-2025-10-21-at-7.30.47-PM-e1761260494638.png\")
<\/a>And it\u2019s not just people in sports\u2014it\u2019s soooo many people on TV along with many in real life, even, unfortunately, some I know personally. So I started making a list, and it has just kept on growing. So, before it turns into a tome, I figured I\u2019d better share what I have already.<\/p>\n<\/a>\u201cI didn\u2019t have that<\/em> on my bingo card.\u201d (When was the last time anyone uttering that line has played bingo???)<\/p>\n<\/a>\u201cColor me\u2026\u201d impressed, happy, surprised, whatever. I find it annoying, even though I adore colors<\/em>!<\/p>\n<\/a>\u201cYou got this!\u201d First of all, the proper first word of that statement is \u201cYou\u2019ve<\/em>,\u201d but I hate it either way. How do you<\/em> know what\u2019s going to happen to\/for the person to whom you\u2019re speaking???<\/p>\n