http://www.word-detective.com/2011/03/flout-flaunt/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2011/03/flout-flaunt/comment-page-1/#comment-45840 Kathy Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:23:12 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4711#comment-45840 THANK YOU! I have recently started to wonder whether I'm going insane on this one. I find this particular misuse especially annoying because the words' original meaning are roughly OPPOSITE one another. Flaunting something = showing it off, implying a pride in the object, where flouting something demonstrates the opposite of pride. Seems crazy. THANK YOU! I have recently started to wonder whether I’m going insane on this one. I find this particular misuse especially annoying because the words’ original meaning are roughly OPPOSITE one another. Flaunting something = showing it off, implying a pride in the object, where flouting something demonstrates the opposite of pride. Seems crazy.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2011/03/flout-flaunt/comment-page-1/#comment-37396 James Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:12:21 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4711#comment-37396 How about <strong>guide<strong> lines for <strong>guy <strong>lines? How about guide lines for guy lines?

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2011/03/flout-flaunt/comment-page-1/#comment-14254 Vicky Ayers Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:39:05 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=4711#comment-14254 A similar thing that drives me around the bend is "guide rails" rather than the "guard rails" I grew up with. A similar thing that drives me around the bend is “guide rails” rather than the “guard rails” I grew up with.

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