Diffuse

[ProfessorRizz]

If you’re trying to de-escalate a situation, you’re ‘defusing’ it, not ‘diffusing’ it. Like a bomb.

To diffuse something means to spread it out.

Been wanting to get that off my chest for the fourteen years I’ve been on MN

HaHa... quite right.

I was thinking Jo Malone as I read it… and expected an AIBU

Oops, have definitely gotten that wrong over the years!!!

You’re not alone…I’d say 95% of MN gets this one wrong.

Oh God I hate this too. It's the same as someone saying they're phased by something.

But you get a 🎖for spelling definitely with the i.