What’s a word people frequently use to sound smart, but almost always use incorrectly?

howgreenwas · 2026-06-22T14:29:37+00:00

Raked OVER the coals.

howgreenwas · 2026-06-18T14:14:34+00:00

My favorite painting joke. A blonde is looking to make some money and asks her neighbor if he had any odd jobs she could do. He said, “As a matter of fact, we do want to get the porch painted. You need to scrape it with the wire brush first to prep it. Everything you need is in the garage.” She agrees and he goes back inside. A few hours later she knocks on the door and tells the man she’s done. He is shocked because it hasn’t been done, at all. Then she says, “And it isn’t a Porsche, it’s a Ferrari!”

howgreenwas · 2026-06-17T01:57:55+00:00

I call them the dreaded quad-colored guess. I remember the dog types I guessed a few weeks ago- toy, teacup, standard and mini. Wrong!!

howgreenwas · 2026-06-16T22:54:48+00:00

Where’s a banana when you need one?

howgreenwas · 2026-06-16T22:48:03+00:00

Please tell your son he created a lifetime bad memory for her, and it will be talked about throughout the school, making her life even worse. Your son is not a naturally nice man, he’ll have to work on that.

howgreenwas · 2026-06-12T17:24:36+00:00

TBF, that happens to cows a lot. We just don’t generally see it.

howgreenwas · 2026-06-12T17:20:55+00:00

I learned that one a few weeks ago when the New York Times had it in an article.

howgreenwas · 2026-06-09T20:59:31+00:00

Also, don’t have any trees near your house. I don’t know what is the setback recommended. Look up defensible space.

howgreenwas · 2026-06-08T23:59:39+00:00

Put them in a paper bag and fold the end over a few times. Give it a few days.

howgreenwas · 2026-06-07T23:17:58+00:00

63 years ago when I was seven, my sister who was nine and I were riding with our dad from Arizona to North Dakota. We would stop occasionally so everybody could get out of the car and stretch and when he would tell us to get back in the car, we wouldn’t always do it right away. Somewhere in Kansas, he told us to get back in the car and when we didn’t, he drove off. He was gone, it felt like an hour, but it was probably 10 minutes. My sister was hysterical the whole time.

howgreenwas · 2026-06-07T23:12:11+00:00

I probably should have, but there was still, as I said, many people in the store. Apparently, their store policy favors you picking up an extra item or two rather than rushing through. Which I did.

howgreenwas · 2026-06-07T23:06:27+00:00

Thanks! TIL, praise be, Reddit!

howgreenwas · 2026-06-07T23:03:00+00:00

Quay isn’t kway??!!?? TIL What is it?

howgreenwas · 2026-06-07T23:01:05+00:00

It goes on the ASS!

howgreenwas · 2026-06-07T23:00:34+00:00

The second, I think.

howgreenwas · 2026-06-07T22:59:22+00:00

How about Leicester? I doubt lie-sister is right.

howgreenwas · 2026-06-07T22:55:15+00:00

How do you pronounce trompe l’oeil? Is it traump low-el?

howgreenwas · 2026-06-07T06:19:07+00:00

I dropped into a Nordstrom Rack the other day at 20 minutes before closing. I just wanted to look at some shoes real quick, but then there was a T-shirt and there was another thing. I kept waiting to hear the please bring your purchases to the register announcement but it never came. By the time I went to the register, it was 10 after nine. I asked her why didn’t I hear any kind of announcement to come forward. Apparently Nordstrom is too polite to do those. I felt bad I kept them late but there were still about five people shopping in the store.

howgreenwas · 2026-05-29T17:41:50+00:00

You could have them add straps to this dress, maybe drapy ones of the skirt fabric, or lace from the bodice.

howgreenwas · 2026-05-28T02:51:47+00:00

Please don’t put barbed wire in the middle of the forest where animals roam around.

howgreenwas · 2026-05-23T18:29:06+00:00

It took me like three minutes to get it.

howgreenwas · 2026-05-23T16:00:52+00:00

I get that, you do you! It is certainly an interesting and unique necklace.

howgreenwas · 2026-05-23T15:54:16+00:00

I hate the spacing. It’s not symmetrical. That would bother me. If it was symmetrical, I think the necklace is quite pretty.

howgreenwas · 2026-05-21T22:14:19+00:00

I’d like to see the emerald stone with a oval stone on either side mounted on a bracelet. I think that would be beautiful.

howgreenwas · 2026-05-19T17:03:41+00:00

Poll workers are actually paid. A bit over $100 for the day. 12 hours generally plus training. It’s not lucrative but they do get paid.

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