In just the past week I've heard all these words incorrectly used. I venture to say that they are misused so often I bet you can easily guess what the speaker actually intended to communicate.
1) NONPLUSSED
2) HEADY
3) UPPITY
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Don't forget 'nebulous'
Posted by: Agulator at April 23, 2008 5:17 PMI think I've learned the real meaning of the first one at least three times and I still get it wrong. Since when did "non-" get to mean "super-"?
I just did a search and I found this interesting usage note: "A new meaning, ‘not disconcerted; unperturbed’, has developed recently in North American English, probably on the assumption that the prefix non- must have a negative meaning; this is not yet accepted as standard usage."
Posted by: david at May 12, 2008 12:43 AMPost a comment
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