saltesc@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What mis-stated phrases or words do you feel still need to be corrected (online or in person) in 2025?
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2 days agoFormer colleague used to say "for all intensive purposes"every few sentences.
Former colleague used to say "for all intensive purposes"every few sentences.
“Touch base”
No, you cannot touch base with me; I’m not into that. Go touch your own base, base toucher.
The idiom relies on a person being familiar with baseball, but even then it makes very little contextual sense.