I must admit, my current 'project' has built my patience, my component knowledge, my frustration, my negative paypal balance, my inventory of mis-ordered parts and my tolerance for other's point of view, even if I don't agree......................

I respectfully decline.

you old romantic, you!

Aye'

The doghouse sometimes gets cozy.

What about verbing nouns?

That's getting more common too, but not what's happening here

you know what really annoys me? really really bugs me.

the weird verb construct like "i'm loving it". why not just "i love it"

I just call my build a bike and if they ask I tell them the truth.

I'm annoyed by the word extreme and especially by Xtreme. and stuffed (or stuft) crust pizza - that's just trying too hard.

Just wondering if we can swap problems...

LMK.

Not me but using the word BRIFTERS just makes me angry.

Agreed. I hate that term.

I assembled my 2 road bicycles from parts, including wheels. But the shifters, brakes, derailleurs and hubs came already assembled.

Perhaps this could explain why some call it a "build"

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I find it annoying that some people use the word "irregardless," and that others are annoyed by people who use "they" in the singular.

I find it fascinating that "whom" is now a ghost word, the walking undead.

I get past most of it...there are other things that are really worth worrying about.

Here's another: ironically

Are misuses of a word annoying? Why yes they are.

The UT ticket office is running this dopey radio ad, the first word of which is ironically, which the ad uses to describe the orange color of flowers that grew "voluntarily" on the Hill.

No, that's not irony. Duh.

That's called a gerund. It's not becoming more common these days ( think: sailing, cycling, kayaking ), and it has nothing to do with the internet or text messages. It's a feature of the English language.

How about when one uses the word "literally"?

Only when one uses it figuratively.

I didn't mean to imply that it was a new concept, but it's frequency of use appears to be be increasing.

Once I finish my build, I call it my "built". I have two builts in my garage.

Indeed, and for that matter I have an office inside a built.