To think sometimes people use words without fully understanding them?

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There were a few examples in my previous AIBU thread. Including, but not limited to:

Genocide
Antisemitism
Zionism
Ethnic Cleansing

These are strong trigger words for many people, myself included, but I think they are often misused and/or misunderstood.

Thoughts?

It means very embarrassed. A lot of people use it to mean angry.

So, describing themselves being angry they've said, "I was absolutely mortified"? I'd be so confused by the dissonance between the words and intention.

How are these words used incorrectly?

Well if we’re being pedantic here — and it seems we are — “conflate” means to erroneously combine two ideas into one. It doesn’t create a whole new idea. It’s not so much like mixing up X and Y and thinking it is Z, more like mixing up X and Y and thinking it is XY.

I’ve never heard that “collide” only applies to two things that are both moving. Can you post a link to the definition?

American dictionaries define “electrocute” to include non-fatal injuries. I’m American so I’m used to that but it seems like Brits these days consume a lot of American TV shows, books, social media and the like so they may be picking it up that way.

Likewise “execute” - it is the judicial (death) sentence that is carried out, or executed. Not the person.

I don’t find it particularly confusing as the context usually makes the intended meaning clear. But I do find it annoying! Not as annoying as when someone uses “myself” instead of “me” but close.

Another pet peeve of mine is nauseous/nauseated. Something nauseous can make you feel nauseated but you can’t actually feel nauseous.

Fulsome, as in fulsome praise. It sounds like it should be good, but has Uriah-Heep like connotations of fawning, cloying hyperbole.

Oh, OP, how disappointingly predictable!
Not interested in words others have suggested, just want to discuss those 'coincidentally' inflammatory words?

🩷 Dickens fan here 🩷

You accuse the poster of ascribing intention, deny it, then do precisely what the PP said you were doing - using this post as an excuse to expound your views on the situation in the Middle East.
Rather transparent

That's far too sensible a reply!
Thank you

Yes!

skateboarding

The number of young people who say 'generally' when they mean 'genuinely' makes my teeth itch 🤬

Why not just be honest and say this post is really about, but it is being derailed by people trying to answer the original title?

Warmongerer. Use in a sentence: A great many consider Benjamin Netanyahu to be a warmongerer based on his aggressive stance against Gaza.

Victimhood. Use in a sentence: Some people use a false sense of victimhood to attempt to claim the moral high ground while carrying out the same crimes they claim were perpetuated on them.

The Daily Mail's use of the word "estranged" is one of the few that really annoys me. As in "celeb holidays with estranged husband"....

Oops sorry I just put words up I did understand the meaning of.

ichundich · Yesterday 23:15
Did your last thread not go how you intended? What is happening in Gaza right now meets the definition of 'genocide'.

ichundich brought Gaza into this thread, I guess you think that, like Israel, I shouldn't defend myself?

I'm loving the 'derailment'; it's far more entertaining than arguing with you.

Skateboarding? Who uses 'skateboarding' wrong and how?

Oh my good god!
How disingenuous! Your OP used 4 emotive wods, all of which were fiercely debated on your last thread, as an excuse to start another 'debate' then don't like it when you are called out.
As I said in a previous post, transparent
And dearie, Israel is no more 'defending' itself than I'm playing Backgammon on the moon.

This is a dictionary definition of nauseous

affected with nausea; feeling inclined to vomit.
"a rancid odour that made him nauseous"

Warmongerer is not a word, it's warmonger

Risible.

Insomniacs arguing on a minor chat forum to no constructive purpose whatsoever.

Edited - sp - damn.

Thank you. I will rewrite the sentence. Many use the term warmonger when describing Benjamin Netanyahu.