Sayings quoted incorrectly

[MoKelly]

Wouldn't unthaw mean "freeze"?

I vote yes. The opposite of thaw is unthaw.

MoKelly

 

[Jstpssng]

I vote yes. The opposite of thaw is unthaw.

MoKelly

From Merriam-Webster dictionary; (Definition of UNTHAW)

NOTE: Although unthaw as a synonym of thaw is sometimes cited as an illogical error, it has persisted in occasional use for more than four centuries. It occurs in both American and British English.

It falls under the same category as the comment "I could care less", when the intent is that it doesn't mean anything to them.

 

[cqaigy2]

Ok, so maybe it was unthaw.

 

[JethroB]

antidisestablishmentarianism

 

[cqaigy2]

From Merriam-Webster dictionary; (Definition of UNTHAW)



It falls under the same category as the comment "I could care less", when the intent is that it doesn't mean anything to them.

So what circumstances would make you care less?

 

[Jstpssng]

So what circumstances would make you care less?

This thread?

 

[MoKelly]

So what circumstances would make you care less?

If you were walking down the sidewalk and saw a bug and just by accident missed stepping on the bug.

The bug then says “be more careful you jerk”!

Then you go back and squish the bug.

MoKelly

 

[cqaigy2]

This thread?

And yet, here we are.

 

[MoKelly]

From Merriam-Webster dictionary; (Definition of UNTHAW)



It falls under the same category as the comment "I could care less", when the intent is that it doesn't mean anything to them.

English is strange. Care less means something entirely different than careless.

MoKelly

 

[Jstpssng]

And yet, here we are.

If I couldn't care less about it, I would be someplace else.