See here is your problem. You assume it was a typo.
I made no such assumption. If it had looked like a typo, I wouldnt have said anything.
or incorrect usage but it was chosen carefully to get a point across
Even if chosen, it is incorrect usage. It was because it was chosen that it irritated me. You chose to imitate the very worst people to be found anywhere on these shores.
And you proved it worked when you first took the use of the word to task. Because see you knew instinctively what the word represented.
Thats true. I must confess, though, that the slavish imitation and hero-worship of the gibsmedats has become a pet peevenot that I am accusing you of those things.
your reaction proves my phrase did exactly what I meant it to do.
When you do that, you inadvertently strengthen the false perception that such adventures in spelling are acceptable.
the Oxford online dictionary gives a definition Non-standard spelling of says, used in representing uneducated speech
Non-standard is PC weenie-speak for incorrect.
When the leftards slithered into and took over the field of lexicography, they changed the role of dictionaries from the traditional one of gatekeeper and guardian of the language to the passive one of simply observing and recording the evolution of the language.
Which is weasel-speak for, They set out to promote the degradation of the language because they knew it would be bad for Western Civilization.
Since that change in mission, any error that emergesno matter how ridiculousis added to new editions. As these errors are then in print, people tend to assume they must be correct.
We would do ourselves a service if we encouraged discussion of such errors, but I guess some people cannot endure the torment of having a mistake pointed out to themagain, not speaking of you. Your use of the non-standard word was deliberate.
I feel free to use colloquialisms such as these, because I'm hyper-educated. I speak several foreign languages, and have forgotten more English than you know, dsc.
One of us went to college free on our skill in English, and it wasn't you.
Petty is as petty does. :)