Name for someone who incorrectly corrects
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Name for someone who incorrectly correctsProbably not so much an English question, but I knew not where to put it.
I'm thinking of a word, but I can't quite remember what it is. I think it's a name (possibly of an author or someone who coined it) and it is given to someone who incorrectly corrects someone, but the name given is an incorrect version of the correct spelling of the author/person.
I think it begins with a 'T' (tre, tri?) or a 'C'.
For instance (using my best guess as the actual word):
"3+3 isn't 7! It's 5! That's a 'Carlos' mistake!"
"Actually, 3+3 is 6, not 7. What a 'Calros' mistake you made!"
"Calros" is deliberately misspelt to symbolise that they've made a mistake themselves.
I believe it works for criticisms too... For instance: "omg ur english is sooo bad!" is an example of when they're one of 'those people' who tries to correct/criticise but gets it totally wrong.
I really can't think of the word, but it's right on the tip of my tongue.
Can anyone help?Last edited by SillyEddy; 18-07-2012 at 03:54. -
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Re: Name for someone who incorrectly correctsWhen you say 'carlos' do you mean 'careless'? Not trying to correct you, I'm genuinely just not familiar with that term lol(Original post by SillyEddy)
Probably not so much an English question, but I knew not where to put it.
I'm thinking of a word, but I can't quite remember what it is. I think it's a name (possibly of an author or someone who coined it) and it is given to someone who incorrectly corrects someone, but the name given is an incorrect version of the correct spelling of the author/person.
I think it begins with a 'T' (tre, tri?) or a 'C'.
For instance (using my best guess as the actual word):
"3+3 isn't 7! It's 5! That's a 'Carlos' mistake!"
"Actually, 3+3 is 6, not 7. What a 'Calros' mistake you made!"
"Calros" is deliberately misspelt to symbolise that they've made a mistake themselves.
I believe it works for criticisms too... For instance: "omg ur english is sooo bad!" is an example of when they're one of 'those people' who tries to correct/criticise but gets it totally wrong.
I really can't think of the word, but it's right on the tip of my tongue.
Can anyone help?
I believe the name for people who incorrectly correct is a hypocritical tw@t
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Re: Name for someone who incorrectly correctsNo, I'm referring to the name of the person who coined the phrase. It probably isn't his name, but it was something very close to it.(Original post by littleone271)
When you say 'carlos' do you mean 'careless'? Not trying to correct you, I'm genuinely just not familiar with that term lol
I believe the name for people who incorrectly correct is a hypocritical tw@t
If I said I thought it was Edward, then the 'incorrectly correcting' version would be something like Edawrd. The word was taken, then deliberately made wrong to demonstrate that the person who said the word had made a mistake.
It's more along the lines of a Freudian Slip, that sort of phrase to demonstrate what has gone on. Instead of it being a parapraxis, it's when someone tries to look smart and makes the same mistakes themselves.Last edited by SillyEddy; 18-07-2012 at 05:46. -
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Re: Name for someone who incorrectly correctsTotally not 'careless' - Believe me, I know that word and quite a few others in the English language :P(Original post by luke)
I don't think there is an English word for that. The two sentences you used, it sounds like you mean careless, or maybe that's just because you used Carlos and that got my mind going.
It's a coined phrase. I think the proper version of the phrase is where you use it to correct someone, then there is a misspelt version of the phrase used deliberately when someone tried to correct someone and made similar mistakes. For instance, someone replying with 'u misepelt the word' - Their error is that they tried to correct someone, but they weren't any better with their attempt. It's nothing to do with being ignorant/dickheadish/a grammar nazi, etc. It's just a single word phrase.
It could possibly be 'xx error' or something. It's the phrase, then denoted as an error. Vaguely similar to the aforementioned Freudian Slip. I keep thinking of George Carlin. I don't know if he has ever mentioned it or came up with it. But that name keeps sticking in my head.Last edited by SillyEddy; 18-07-2012 at 05:56.
