One of mine (I have many yay neurodivergece) is when people say the phrase "a broken clock is right twice a day". The phrase is actually "a stopped clock is right twice a day." A clock that is stopped will definitely be right twice a day but a clock that is broken could be right multiple times a day or not at all depending on how it's broken. Maybe it's just a little slow running in which case it'll never be right. Maybe it's spinning wildly out of control so it'll be right a lot but still useless.
It annoys the shit outta me and it is so dumb it definitely should not. Anyway your turn.
"i could care less" is commonly used in the place of "i couldn't care less" and it drives me up the wall.
Too bad, I could care less if it bothers you
Stooooop stoooop it stoooooppppp
I argued with someone on stormfront once about how "i could care less" when used sarcastically could still be some form of correct. I got mass downvoted for it.
It's generally used wrong but if said in a 2000s sitcom "I just discovered, I could care less, thank you!" laugh track way it won't translate to "I don't care" but instead "I found, I could care less than what I thought"
I care about spelling, grammar, and pronunciation generally. It's a curse.
i love it when it's on purpose in an appropriate context. classic reversal of meaning of an idiom
I hate that one, not just because it's sloppy, but because it was like a battle cry of the performative militant apathy of the early 2000s.