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by dcow 2243 days ago
"Fake News" entered the realm (not even recently, might I add) of popular misuse. Actually, is there a term for: language/grammar incorrectly used because society has developed a familiar "meme" use?

Common examples:

* Look at this dank "meme".

meme has come to mean "a picture shared on the internet that has words on it".

* Let's [have a] "cheers".

It's a toast. You say "cheers" when you toast.

* You missed Suzie and I's party last night.

It's Suzie and my party. This one is particularly annoying because it's made it way past editors and into writing, screenplay, etc.

1 comments

If it's the kind of things people say, you want it in screenplays, otherwise Brooklyn 99 would sound like Shakespeare.