Common misnomers that annoy you

Short one again: you may run across certain authors who use a term commonly used to refer to something, except that it is in fact an incorrect term. Which example of this phenomenon annoys you the most?

The one on my mind at the moment is "dimension." No, there is no such thing as "moving to a parallel dimension" or whatever. If we assume they exist and are accessible, then you can move to a parallel universe, maybe through an extra dimension beyond the three we can fully perceive. However, a "dimension" is just a concept. It isn't an actual thing that entire worlds can "live in."

tl;dr: "dimension" =/= "parallel universe"

What about you guys?

Also, have a pic of female Rarity meets male Rarity:

Comments

[Chained Marionette]

I always hate it when people use that.

The other big one is people thinking hypothesis is synonymous with theory.

[Dark Avenger]

The other big one is people thinking hypothesis is synonymous with theory.

Had to actually look that up. Hmm... interesting. The erroneous use does not seem too surprising, since the former is, in a way, a subset of the latter.