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In reply to the discussion: Listen up, spuds. "Wreck havoc" is not a thing [View all]X_Digger
(18,585 posts)They could barely make mince meat
Low self of steam (Low self-esteem)
Whoa is me (Woe)
Hes in tensive care
Escape goat (Scape)
use to
ad homonym (hominem)
I could care less
Tow the line (toe)
Taken for granite
A mute point (moot)
I did a complete 360 on the issue (180)
Baited breath (bated is correct, but it's common usage)
Chomping at the bit (champing is the correct word, but it's in common usage now)
as a pose to
In one foul swoop (fell)
Butt naked (buck)
Pre-madonna (prima donna)
excedra
expresso
living in squabble (squalor)
supposably
Irregardless (regardless)
Pacifically
vice (-like) grip (Vise)
rediculous
Walla (voilà)
raised to the ground (razed)
Administrate (administer)
Orientate (orient)
try and (try to)
all of the sudden
spaded (spayed)
murial (mural)
Certificated (certify)
Deep seeded (seated)
Could of/ should of/ would of
A new leash on life (lease)
alot
well-healed (heeled)
anyways
down the pipe (down the pike)
libary
beckon call
Febuary
for all intensive purposes
prostrate (prostate)
low and behold (lo)
awhile
contex
conjunctionitis
"up on" instead of "upon"
beyond the pail (pale)
less we forget/unless we forget/least we forget (lest)
per say (se)
alterior motive
Here, here! (hear)
I should have did that
I should've went
Doggy Dog (dog eat dog)
card shark (cardsharp)
blessing in the sky (blessing in disguise)
rod/rot iron (wrought)
rain of terror (reign)
shined instead of shone
Another thing coming (think)
Point of you
tender hooks
contra section
conversate
hisself
noone
fixin' to
exscape
hew and cry
heart-wrenching instead of heart-rending (or worse, heart-rendering)
full proof
"to pay in the rear" instead of "to pay in arrears"
on accident (as a parallel construct to 'on purpose')
world wind (whirlwind)
snuck
hard road to hoe (row to hoe)
cut to the chase (cut through the chafe) *also in common usage now
griss for the mill (grist)
begs the question (misused, not 'wrong')
cut the mustard (muster) *also in common usage
went missing (disappeared)
sneaking suspicion (sinking)
Different than (from)
ice tea (iced)
iced cream (ice)
reign in
epitomy
gotten
flack (flak)
lynchpin
Send in the calvary!
on guard (engargde / en garde)
based off of (based on)
if and when
unless and until
obligated (obliged)
Nauseous (nauseated)
anchors away (aweigh)
meteoric rise (meteors fall)
commander and chief
Free reign
bold faced lie (bald or bare)
almost exactly
drownded
Running the Gauntlet (Gantlet) * common usage these days
Marshall law (martial)
flaunt the law (flout)
between you and I
on the lamb (lam)
in tact
pack (pact)
vocal chords (cords)
the gig is up
nip it in the butt (bud)
one in the same (one and the same)
Statue of limitations (statute)
Extract revenge (exact)
Momento (memento)
Scotch free / scott free (scot)
Hone in on (home)
Feeble position (fetal)
Giving some leadway (leeway)
without further à deux
or confuse these for each other:
Decimate / obliterate
Flounder / founder
Disinterested / uninterested
Loose / lose
dilemma / quandary
to / too
Affect / Effect
weary / wary
marquis / marquee
bawling / balling
piqued / peeked / peaked
eminent / imminent
bearing / baring / barring
flair / flare
exuberant / exorbitant
lay / lie / laid / lain
discrete / discreet
its / it's
there / they're / their
your / you're
oral / verbal
Statute / Statue
threw / though
seen / scene
capitol / capital
goat / goad
good / well
sell / sale
site / sight
faze / phase
tenant / tenet
then / than
jibe / jive
less / fewer
ideal / idea
whenever / when
myriad / many
shined / shone
invite / invitation
moral / morale
weak / reek
brake / break
peddle / pedal
seen / saw
seen / scene
Conscious / conscience
succeed / Secede
imply / infer
drug / dragged
dissent / descent / decent
sleighs / slays
born / borne
compliment / complement
over / more (we've been in business for over 50 years / we've been in business for more than 50 years)
dribble / drivel
diffuse / defuse
redundancy:
Over-exaggerate
Hot Water Heater
PIN number
PC Computer
ATM machine
HIV virus
very unique
the hoi polloi
Fleeting glimpse
extol praise
frozen tundra
tuna fish
with au jus
Free Gift
Added Bonus
"in the process of"
Chai tea ('chai' is Hindi for 'tea')
using an adjective instead of an adverb:
"Drive Safe" instead of "Drive Safely"
"you got here quick"
"Don't take it personal."
penultimate - does NOT mean "the last", but the one before the last.