Conversate is a made up word. The word is "converse"

[masraum]

I've only heard "conversate" (and now "conversating") used a handful of times, but it is one of those things that grates on my nerve when I hear it.

I was very surprised to hear it out of a school teacher online the most recent time.

[Deschodt]

So is nucular... it's nuclear, you $%$#%s

[wilnj]

How about using minus as a verb?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by wilnj

How about using minus as a verb?

That's a good one.

It reminds me of using "up" as a verb. If you look it up, you'll see it listed as a verb, but using it as a verb meaning "to raise, lift, or increase something" makes my skin crawl a bit. I wonder if that became valid due to common use or if it has always been valid.

[KFC911]

LOL.... up yours !

[Eric Hahl]

Our GM at work uses the word simular. Seriously.

[matthewb0051]

I used to hear conversate frequently in the Army. Usually said by enlisted folks.

One of my personal favs: irregardless

I also have some family members that pronounce "accept" as uh-sept rather than ack-cept

[herr_oberst]

There's an ad on tv where pizza is used as a verb.

Stop it.

Had a manager that used subjugate instead of subject.

[oldE]

Don't get me started on "irregardless". Regardless means "without regard" "ir" is a negative prefix.
My boss 25 years ago used to come out with it from time to time.

Best
Les

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by masraum

I was very surprised to hear it out of a school teacher online the most recent time.

Say to school teacher "That's the excellentist new word in a long time."

[cabmandone]

Converse is a shoe, not a word. Sheesh.

[flatbutt]

Consider "terrific" and it's root. Horror, horrible and horrific all refer to fear/shock etc.

Terror and terrible are also fear related so how did terrific come to mean the opposite?

[KFC911]

This thread is "bad azz"

[ramonesfreak]

I used to work with a guy who at least 5 times a week during our meetings would say copastetic instead of copacetic

He was a Mensa member and Cornell law graduate

[Eric 951]

"could care less"

[herr_oberst]

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Consider "terrific" and it's root. Horror, horrible and horrific all refer to fear/shock etc.

Terror and terrible are also fear related so how did terrific come to mean the opposite?

You're sick.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Deschodt

So is nucular... it's nuclear, you $%$#%s

Originally Posted by Eric Hahl

Our GM at work uses the word simular. Seriously.

I kind of get ^those^ two as they are, I believe, probably mispronunciation due to local accents. They grate on my nerves a little less. It's also like "yuge" vs "huge" and (a little more grating) "aks" vs "ask."

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Consider "terrific" and it's root. Horror, horrible and horrific all refer to fear/shock etc.

Terror and terrible are also fear related so how did terrific come to mean the opposite?

I believe you run into something similar when you look at awesome and awful. Both are still related to the root, but have taken somewhat different directions that aren't exactly in the spirit of the original meaning.

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Had a manager that used subjugate instead of subject.

Did he get mad when you laughed at him?

I laughed, and I was not even there to hear it

[rusnak]

and "walla", there you have it.

The French expression, "Voila": https://www.thoughtco.com/voila-vocabulary-1371436

And since when is "build" a noun?

"ahm a-fixen tuh gonna mek dis Build essra 'pechial".

OK, Skunkworks. I'm very sure you probably designed the A-12 "Build" in your garage.....