Like the time I hosted a group of friends for Thanksgiving dinner at my house and very sweetly asked, "Please pass the turret for the mashed potatoes."
Mr. Confusador was the only one who caught my mistake and figured out that I meant trivet, not turret. It's not like I was that far off...a metal hotpad versus a small tower. Meh.
Then, it happened the other day when I realized that the tank top style I had always called "razor back" is actually a "racer back." That may not seem like a huge difference but let me illustrate for you so you can see just why it made me feel stoopid to have confused the two words for so long.
Racerback: noun/adjective, "pertaining to a style of clothing with a T-shaped back."
(definition from Dictionary.com, image from ShopBop)
Razorback: noun, "a thin-bodied long-legged feral hog chiefly of the southeast United States."
(definition from Merriam Webster, picture from Google images)
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Who can be bothered with minutiae? Racer, razor ... whatevs.
Ha!
That brings up a question for me. I'm from Minnesota as well, and do you say "butt-naked" or "buck-naked"? I've always said the second!
I could be all wrong.
I have actually had a razor/racer argument before. She insisted it was razor because the back was cut out. My position was racer because it evolved from competitive swimwear.
You can be certain I am sending her a link to your research!
First of all - you scholars might be the only ones I know who would say "pass the trivet, please" I'd respond with "the WHAAAAAAAAAAATTT????!!!"
on another note - I used to say "omg!He flicked me off!!" until JJ said "do you mean fliPPED you off?!" and I tried to convince him that "flicking" people off really was the correct terminology......
You're right, Sal.
Deborah I have no idea which is correct! Now I'm just going to mumble it whenever I say it b/c I don't know!
Glad I could back up your argument!
Sister, I say "Flicked off" too! Maybe it was our strange upbringing or maybe it's a Midwest thing?
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