What words, or combinations of words, do people use in an effort to sound more intelligent and educated, when, in fact, their usage of those words or phrases are wrong?
answer:I have an ex-boyfriend who always used to overuse “whom;” he’d say it in situations where “who” is proper. It was so irritatingly pretentious sounding, haha. “Irregardless” is, imo, just a horrific attempt to try to make a “big” word bigger.