“For all intensive purposes…”
Hold up, did I just see that phrase used seriously? Seriously?! “For all intensive purposes” – you know you’re in trouble when the Urban Dictionary has a definition.
Nonsense, it means nothing. Its what people say when they really mean to say “for all intents and purposes”.
Should I even care this erroneous phrase was used? It’s just a mute point right? 😉
November 27, 2012 @ 8:25 pm
You’ve been taking notes during our meetings again eh?
November 27, 2012 @ 8:50 pm
Ha, actually this was before the meeting! I was waiting for an opportunity during the meeting to bust out this mangled phrase.
November 27, 2012 @ 8:55 pm
It pains me listening to our “highly educated” workforce using phrases such as these. However, I must add that engineers were never known for their linguistic prowess.
November 28, 2012 @ 8:10 am
Not from an engineer BTW 🙂
November 27, 2012 @ 10:33 pm
Ha! I was going to comment to tell you to correct your headline. 🙂
November 28, 2012 @ 8:10 am
Thanks 😉 I think I have to use this phrase strategically to have fun with people.
December 6, 2012 @ 4:04 pm
Just saw a comment to an Engadget article “… Rather insulting to say one takes presidents over another.” 🙂
December 6, 2012 @ 8:19 pm
Another good one!