People misusing the word "gentleman".

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Anyone hate the misuse of this word? I hear it often used just as a synonym for man. I once heard on a TV show where the cop said "this gentlemen has guns and knives". The guy is not a gentlemen.

Haha, yes, me too.

And this is coming from someone who idolises a mob boss who still could be considered a gentleman

I think they're either being sarcastic or it's mock politeness. That's what I'm usually being if I'm describing a guy who is being anything but gentle.

I think that "Lady" and "Gentleman" are the most misused words in the English language.

Our family used to laugh about that. Hearing a cop on TV drone on about how "the shopkeeper was pistol whipped by the first gentleman, and then bludgeoned by the second gentleman....."

They have to talk that way to stay unbiased about suspects who are not yet legally convicted. I dont object to it. It just that it sounds so ridiculous.

I think "literally" and "ironic" are literally the two most misused words in the English language, which is ironic.

I guess "lady" is misused a lot too, but that's mostly because it's not the 1950's anymore and women get away with being unladylike more than they used to.

I grew up around women and was shown how to respect women by treating women no differently from men.

However, I hate being called a "gentleman" because whenever someone calls me a "gentleman" I feel so old!

Alanis Morrisette certainly misused the word "ironic" in the song of that name.