27 Things That Were So Wrong, They Became Right

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    r/ask u/jcrazy78 • 20h What's so wrong that it became right? What's something that so many people got wrong that eventually, the incorrect version became accepted by the general public?
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    caca_milis 19h Nimrod was actually, like a great mythical hunter or something. But after Bugs Bunny called Elmer Fudd Nimrod, it was changed to mean foolish.
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    stupidrobots 20h The thing you wear on your torso to prevent cooking splatter from ruining your clothes was a Napron. Eventually "a napron" became "An apron" and we just all accepted it.
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    Liquor_Thinking 20h Cleaning your ears with q-tips
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    walking-my-cat 20h People used to say "God be with you" when they were leaving but over time it slowly morphed into "goodbye" and now that's just the norm. Apparently.
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    Drougent 20h Peruse by definition is to carefully read over something, its been so overused that it now means the exact opposite - to just skim through things.
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    hikingidaho 20h Luke, I am your father.
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    SchemeHead 19h "Hot water heater" and "ATM machine"
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    Fantastic_Affect_485 20h Using POV incorrectly in tiktoks or memes. Reply : 4914 sloppyjoepa 19h Idk why but it triggers me when they also use voice to text and it always pronounces it "pahv"
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    mthwkim 19h Garlic Aioli. It's redundant to add garlic after saying aioli as aioli already means a sauce that is an emulsion of garlic and fat substance (oil, mayo, butter). Garlic aioli literally means garlic garlic sauce.
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    chienchien0121 20h Cussing in front of my mom.
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    chill9r 20h Literally
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    Jynxten 19h "The customer is always right," used to mean for matters of taste, like if they want the ugly mustard-coloured couch you don't argue with them. Somewhere along the way some people seem to have gotten the impression it means that any irrational or unreasonable request or demand should be entertained by shop assistants.
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    katyaspussyrake 19h The phrase "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" was intended as a lil tongue in cheek joke because it's literally impossible. And now it's used completely unironically. Figures.
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    ilovesourskittles0 20h "i could care less” and it aggravates me every time
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    truthhurts2222222 20h Car dealerships in the United States. They don't need to exist but they do anyway, raising prices for everyone : Reply 4641 achillesdaddy 20h Used car dealers. "Certified" lol. That means it costs more than it should.
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    Astator TV 20h Some words have been mispronounced incorrectly so frequently that many people don't even know what was the original word. For example: "Nukular" instead of Nuclear "Fentinol" instead of Fentanyl You could compare English to Old English and observe the numerous cases of words evolving from being mispronounced over decades.
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    Few Bell_8166 20h goldfish having 3 second memory ⠀ Reply 481 ↓ Legend Orca 18h Same with goldfish having short lives. People just don't know how to take care of them
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    IHeartWordplay 20h Alanis Morissette's usage of the word ironic.
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    skipperseven 19h Decimate (meaning to reduce by one in ten), came to mean annihilate (meaning reduce to nothing).
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    steel-pomelo 20h Using "disinterested" when they mean "uninterested". Not the same thing. (Uninterested is the one that means bored; disinterested means not influenced by considerations of personal advantage)
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    Pugs annie747 20h : Reply 434 patquintin 20h And those cats with little stumpy legs. And Scottish folds.
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    JustANormal Human3112 19h That ghosting is an acceptable way of separating in most cases.
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    coci222 20h Tipping culture in the US
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    Chinnyup 19h Saying I instead of me. Example: This pic is of my husband and I. The actual grammatically correct is: This pic is of my husband and me
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    ScreamyPeanut 19h Terms used in therapy settings (theraputic language) being used in everyday life. Everyone is not toxic or a narcissist. Nor should it be a trend to be (thanks Tik Tok) neurodivergent
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    wakethelions 19h Anarchy means without rulers and it's been used incorrectly for so long that most people think it's synonymous with chaos.

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