[Fifth Business]

For example: the use of "ironically" to mean "co-incidentally"; of "only" to mean "few" (as in "he was one of the only men to survive the attack"); of "unique" to mean "rare" (as opposed to "the only one of its kind"), or of "disinterested" to mean "uninterested".

Some of my pet peeves--"decimated" to mean "completely destroyed," "penultimate" to mean "apex," and "presently" to mean "at present."

And then there's the use of an ellipsis where a dash, comma, or semi-colon should be used.

[T Minus Four]

yes...annoying

Do you really hang around people who say "decimated" and "penultimate"?

[CharacterCounts]

I know what you mean. I am presently considering my reaction to those who misuse the word penultimate... but am leaning toward the conclusion they are decimating the english language.

[Romulus]

Not to mention "epicenter" to mean "center".