The BS Dictionary

The Elephant in the Room

LET’S NIP THESE COMMONLY CONFUSED TERMS IN THE BUTT … ER … BUD

Is it for all intensive purposes or for all intents and purposes? As a reader of this book, you know the answer. Unfortunately, many people don’t and they speak accordingly. The following is a list of other commonly confused BS terms in today’s world.¹

Wrong	Right
shoe-in	shoo-in
I could care less	I couldn’t care less
slight of hand	sleight of hand
baited breath	bated breath
honed in	homed in
wet your appetite	whet your appetite
peaked my interest	piqued my interest
tow the line	toe the line
mute point	moot point
nip it in the butt ...