Words that don’t mean what they should:

Flint • Feb 26, 2010 11:51 am
indefatigable ... "incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring"

“fatigable” or fatigue-able, should be “able to be fatigued”
“de-fatigable” should be “unable to be fatigued”
“in-de-fatigable” should be “NOT unable to be fatigued” or “ABLE to be fatigued”
jinx • Feb 26, 2010 11:52 am
crapulence
Pete Zicato • Feb 26, 2010 12:00 pm
Image
Trilby • Feb 26, 2010 12:01 pm
enbiggen.
jinx • Feb 26, 2010 12:01 pm
That's a perfectly cromulent word.
wolf • Feb 26, 2010 12:17 pm
I like crenelations.
Undertoad • Feb 26, 2010 12:26 pm
casualty

nothing casual about it.
squirell nutkin • Feb 26, 2010 1:48 pm
Undertoad;637599 wrote:
casualty

nothing casual about it.


Then why are they just laying there, instead of working?
squirell nutkin • Feb 26, 2010 1:48 pm
Enervating
lumberjim • Feb 26, 2010 1:58 pm
nonplussed
Pie • Feb 26, 2010 2:35 pm
lumberjim;637648 wrote:
nonplussed

I have been using "somewhat minused" in place of nonplussed.

"ensure" vs. "assure" vs. "insure". You don't know what hell is till you've sat through a 6-hour A-spec review on the relative merits of those three words.
lumberjim • Feb 26, 2010 3:06 pm
irrespective
jinx • Feb 26, 2010 3:08 pm
irregardless?
lumberjim • Feb 26, 2010 3:08 pm
that~!
lumberjim • Feb 26, 2010 3:09 pm
<---- irretarded
Griff • Feb 26, 2010 7:47 pm
probate - jail bait who works for The Man.
Sheldonrs • Feb 28, 2010 7:36 pm
Cocky
spudcon • Mar 6, 2010 7:40 pm
Chalant