The mangling of idomatic expressions (a minor rant and call for commiseration)

[Larry Ashcraft]

"Sweating like a stuck pig" has always been one of my favorites

towns and rivers named "Arkansas" within the state of Kansas are pronounced "Are-Kansas" (that didn't bug me until I moved away and realized how silly it was)

That always bugged the crap out of me, but I think I mentioned that a time or two.

[gos]

Isn't the word "stuff" already a plural. Thus, no need for "stuffs". So, is there a singular for stuff? Perhaps "miscellaneous crap". I'm only an old "high school dummy" so one of you learned folks can hopefully enlighten this old fart because I still have a LOT to learn.

Stuff is plural, no 's'

Foodstuffs is a plural with an 's' in its proper usage.

I'm not aware of any other usages of 'stuff' as a noun, only the verb.

[Jamnanc]

I have a counterpart at work who is from Texas. Here are just a few samples. "No point in kicking a dead dog". "I'm not going to let this get swept under the bus". "They're just kicking the dog down the road". Sometimes these will be stated in meetings with multiple attendees, everyone wonders why my face is red and tears in my eyes.

[Blockhead]

Ironical
Suposably
Mute point

[Goodburbon]

Na'aam saying.
Nuffsaid


Those are a little off topic, so is this.

"To be" being left out of a sentence.
Examples:
The dishes need washed.
The dogs need fed.


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[Ronin13]

Can someone explain to me what the difference between 'crick' and 'creek' is... I'm not from the south, I actually had to google 'holler' once when I was younger because a southern gentleman said it and I didn't want to sound like an idiot (too late?).
Anyway, Zund, I love it! Thank you. I've heard people say butt and I always think "they said it wrong."
Not really idioms, but stupid people who mangle things (*cough*Co-worker*cough*) drive me nuts:
Netflix QUEUE not quos (wtf is that?)- also on the subject of Netflix, it's "streaming" not streamlining. There is no X in "especially." When you place "don't" improperly, such as when saying "He don't got no job," it makes you sound like a back water RETARD.

Sellersm- that link you posted, I find the messed up version of lyrics at the end hilarious:
The malapropism: "Excuse me while I kiss this guy." <-People actually think this????
The real lyrics: "Excuse me while I kiss the sky,” from Purple Haze, Jimi Hendrix

[BushMasterBoy]

Splodes!

[Bailey Guns]

The rebels are armed with a wide variety of weapontry.

[Dingo]

All of those pretty "pitchers" at the museum.

"Here's you a glass of water"

"Go get you a glass of water"

Make yourself "comftrubble"

"Hope" and "change"

[Dingo]

Oh yeah, and...

"most anybody will do it"

"Anymore, people are becoming dumber"