Every day, humans have abused every word possible. Why, you ask? Surely we must be advanced beings capable of speaking in the language we ourselves created? To answer these questions, I can simply say: I don’t know! This makes no sense and is so annoying! Like, literally! And this time, I really mean it! I absolutely hate seeing words butchered over and over again. We all have our pet peeves. This one is mine! This touches me! I'm not trying to say I'm a perfect speaker. However, there are some words that no logical mind simply cannot misuse, but which are so misused by the public that I have to complain!#5 – “converse” I have should have started with this word. People use this word thinking it means to hold a conversation. “Wait, I’m talking to Jenny!” It has been used so much in recent years that we have come to believe it is a word! In reality, this word means absolutely NOTHING! It is not found in any dictionary and has made its way all over the world. It's a mixture of the words conversation and converse, which are actually two very correct words. The mixture of the two, however, is as valid as unicorns and fairies. #4 – “I don’t care” I know, I know, it’s not really a word. This expression is so contradictory that I had to mention it. It's usually used when someone comments on something they're not really interested in. For example, if someone approaches you and says something trivial, like buy a pen, some may respond by saying, "I don't care." Do they get along?! Saying you don't care means you care so much that he bought a pen that you don't care even less, but that's not the case! That means you think... middle of paper... it's not where it belongs! We should say “figuratively,” because that’s really what it is. I can see it now. “Hey Daniel, my girlfriend broke up with me…I was figuratively swimming in a pool of my own tears!” Maybe that wouldn't seem so nice. I guess I can understand why people use the word literally to add emphasis, but literally always means being literal and it should be taken literally! I could go on and on with this kind of misuse in our language. My hatred for misused words grows in a very literary way – I don’t care! The fact that so many words are misused makes me wonder if the words are actually misused. I mean, if everyone uses them, shouldn't that make them the new standard for words used correctly? After all, language is an ever-changing means of communication. As long as the message gets through, isn't that all we should care about?