MEMO

[fox]

to:  ALL ENGLISH SPEAKERS EVERYWHERE
from:  ME
re:  RAAAR

ATTENTION EVERYONE:

UNIQUE ≠ UNUSUAL.  THE WORD MEANS 'ONE OF A KIND' AND THAT IS ALL IT MEANS.

i'm sorry to raise my voice, but honestly.  this has gone on long enough.

Comments

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

[reads this]

true.

but it is still not okay to use 'unique' to mean merely 'unusual'. what prompted the rant was a commercial for a place not far from here advertising 'unique items that you've never seen anywhere else'. well, like, if they're unique, i couldn't have seen them anywhere else, could i? and don't even get me started on wrongnesses like 'incredibly unique'. RAR.