I found some more. I knew that I would. More evidence that people are stuck in cruise control most of the time. Especially when it comes time to express themselves through written... er... typed word.
Whittey - this is the adjective that describes a person that exemplifies the term "whit." So, basically when a girl says she's looking for a "whittey" guy, she's looking for this guy, this guy, or for you emo girls, these guys. Here's a whittey fellow that is just "ew." (By the way, a google image search for "anorexic man" reveals this tasty nugget.)
Defiantly - Okay, before you get up in arms about how this is a perfectly legit word that is legitimately perfect in its spelling, tell me what is wrong with the following sentence: I defiantly look forward to going to church on Sunday. Keep in mind that the person who wrote this was sporting her Young Womanhood Award. So, I'm pretty sure that she didn't exhibit faith, divine nature, individual worth, et al., with open defiance. This error doesn't pop up much anymore because the microsoft spell checker no longer corrects "definately" as "defiantly" as it used to.
When never - "Oh Rhett, when never will you ask me to marry you?" Scarlett asked longingly
"When?" replied Rhett, "Never."
Principals of the Church - I guess if we can have Sunday School Superintendents, we have people who will teach the Principals of the church. I will admit, that during my 4 years in Mormon seminary I defiantly paid attention to the Principals of the church.
"No pain, no game." - For real? This probably explains such sports as Hockey, American Football, Australian Rules Football, Rugby, Mesoamerican Ballgame, and Church Ball.
Collage - My mom and various other detractors might argue that my experience and degree at Utah State might be accurately described by this term. I do wonder if cosmotologists go to beauty collages. While we're on this subject, I am a big proponent of post-secondary education at any level, but, to call a 4-month program where you learn to cut hair and set a perm a "college" seems to water the term down just a little. I remember when I was preparing to go to grad school at Virginia Tech, I mentioned this to some people from home and they said, "Like Sevier Valley Tech?" SVATC, or Sevier Valley Tech, is now Snow College Richfield Campus, and is where most of my high school graduating class spent their senior year learning auto mechanics or cosmetology.
Daploma- Apparently this is what you get when you graduate from collage. I defiantly want to get my collage daploma as a cosmotology technition.
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I think you & I could have a long conversation on this subject. Here are two I was just told this week:
"Massage". I received an email that said, "I just want to give you a quick massage to let you know I have finished the file..." I thought to myself, "Cool! I'm getting myself a free massage!"
A lady last week up at Girl's Camp told me I should "Nip it in the butt", referring to an issue between two of my Young Women. I thought to myself, "I don't think parents would approve of any leaders nipping any butts up here at camp." "Nip it in the BUD" refers to a flower bud; meaning to take care of the problem while it is still small.
Thanks for the laughs! I can't wait for more!
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