Let's All Talk Good
A couple of pet peeves regarding word usage I'd like to mention. (Claps hands like coach.) Come on, now people, let's get this right!
Misnomer: It's a name that's wrong, not something wrong in itself. Nine times out of ten, when people say misnomer they mean misconception, and that's what they ought to say.
Quash: It's an awfully nice and useful word that means to suppress or extinguish. You don't squash a rumor; you quash a rumor. You squash a grape. Please—let's not say squash when we mean quash.
Misnomer: It's a name that's wrong, not something wrong in itself. Nine times out of ten, when people say misnomer they mean misconception, and that's what they ought to say.
Quash: It's an awfully nice and useful word that means to suppress or extinguish. You don't squash a rumor; you quash a rumor. You squash a grape. Please—let's not say squash when we mean quash.
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