The Same Difference and Other Symantic Nitpickings

Alright, read this brief article. There, now I don't have to explain why the phrase, "same difference," as it is commonly used, is wrong. That frees up some time to bitch about it's use. Don't. Whenever I hear people use this phrase, I immediately assume that they are not thinking about what they're saying. It may not be fair, but they immediately sound ignorant to me. I emplore you, both for your own sake, and the sake of any pompous, verbose assholes you may encounter in life, take the time to consider the words randomly falling out of your mouth. Here's a list of other phrases or words you can go ahead and refrain from using:

"At this point in time..." If you were to say, "At this point, we don't know what software program we're going to purchase," would somebody suggest you take a step to the left and try to pick a software program? Would they ask you to pick a number farther up or down the number line?

"Irregardless." Yes, it actually is a word, but if Mirriam-Webster says don't use it, don't. You trust them to accurately define, "muggle," why not trust them all the way?

"It's going," is not an acceptable response to, "How's it going?" It is an accpetable response to, "Is it going?"

Don't answer, "How are you?" with, "Well, it's Monday," or, "Well, it's Friday." I won't go too deeply into this one at this point in time, as I've already written a post about it. Irregardless of how you feel about weekdays, you should be able to muster a better response.

Those are the only ones I can think of right now, but I'm sure there will be a part II to this post.