Completely random pet peeve out of nowhere...

[telophase]

For heaven's sake, people, when you react to something with a frisson of fear or disgust, you shudder, not shutter! If you happened to shutter in horror, that means you reacted to whatever it was by closing all the shutters on your house, not by shaking!

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So ... anyone else want to vent about linguistic pet peeves?

Comments

[blissfish.livejournal.com]

Also "baring a burden" and "pairing things down".

Oh, homophones, you gall me so.

[ellen-fremedon.livejournal.com]

And 'towing the line.'