The most misused word in the English language
by D. Anderson
A misused word is one which people use incorrectly-a word that has a meaning totally different or opposite then what the person is using it for. Being an avid writer and reader and priding myself on a rather large vocabulary, (more so than the average person) I have a pet-peeve with misspelled words and misused words.
I worked with a colleague who always said "transmorgrifried" when he meant
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