Pet Peeve - Misuse of Monger

Indeed Originally Posted by NMEufdaST8

This is all i was referring to NV6, not directed at you. I was having fun with the word and thread.

Another euphemistic term I enjoy for hobbying is "plying my trade".

I personally love language and get pleasure out of being pedantic over semantics, so don't mind someone over-analyzing such things. Proper communication is important! Originally Posted by Victoria of Houston

I like to consider myself a bit of a wordsmith. What about just "working"? Although, a big vocabulary is a terrible thing to waste. Isn't it ladies?

I like to consider myself a bit of a wordsmith. What about just "working"? Although, a big vocabulary is a terrible thing to waste. Isn't it ladies? Originally Posted by eccieuser9500

I call it work and working all the time. "I can't, I'm at work at that time." But yes; I feel one should employ the use of one's verbal prowess at all times possible. Why let a good thing go to waste?

I've had an appointment with what certainly smelled like a fish monger before. DATY stopped before it started.

The OP is correct that the official definition of the word "monger" means: "A dealer in or trader of a commodity." Originally Posted by Victoria of Houston

It is better described as first definition

My pet peeve is when a "monger" throws his condiments on the floor after dining....manners please.





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So if I trade something of value for some pussy then I would not be a monger.

Hell I spent 12 years getting a 4th grade education from the Houston Independent School District so I may not be nearly as educated as somebody from the other side of the Sabine river.

For some odd reason, I thinck you should read a little more about the word monger and the definition(s) thereof.

Personally, I believe that the English language is way overrated and the requirement that our children should be forced to study it tell they are way out of high school is absurd. It is only English majors that cant find a good paying job that insist upon that foolish endeavor.

Now enter the grammar popo to slash and burn.
I am out!

Eye can sea ewe be leave ewe no what is rite.

So if I trade something of value for some pussy then I would not be a monger.

Hell I spent 12 years getting a 4th grade education from the Houston Independent School District so I may not be nearly as educated as somebody from the other side of the Sabine river.

For some odd reason, I thinck you should read a little more about the word monger and the definition(s) thereof.

Personally, I believe that the English language is way overrated and the requirement that our children should be forced to study it tell they are way out of high school is absurd. It is only English majors that cant find a good paying job that insist upon that foolish endeavor.

Now enter the grammar popo to slash and burn.
I am out!

Eye can sea ewe be leave ewe no what is rite. Originally Posted by The2Dogs

Monger is the seller or broker.

Monger is the seller or broker. Originally Posted by David-Louisiana

Dave, put the pipe down... and just walk away.

Cajuns have schools?

Cajuns have schools? Originally Posted by pyramider

Why don't you ax him?

Why don't you ax him? Originally Posted by Slitlikr

I may be one of the few on here actually born in Houston before 1960

Cajuns have schools? Originally Posted by pyramider

Back in the day, I hear tell that they push poled pirogues and had a wharf instead.

Were you born before 55

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/monger

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/d...english/monger

You sir are a word monger.

I suggest you widen your horizons and with it your mind as well as your intellect.

As a proponent of proper communication and a lifelong student of linguistics, it's refreshing to find someone who appreciates how words are sometimes misapplied.

However, language is a living thing that goes through evolutionary periods. A few decades ago the term "gay" meant "happy and carefree;" "pussy" just referred to felines; and the "net" was what you hauled a fish into the boat with.

Even if initially improper, words often take on new meanings depending upon usage, especially if acceptance becomes widespread.

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Originally Posted by Fancyinheels