Well after a year's worth of gaming debacles, I've finally become sick of the word "entitled".
I'm not sure how, but evidently a fairly significant chunk of the Internet populace has gotten it into their heads that the word means something along the lines of "over-expectant and spoiled".
Now for convenience, here's the Oxford dictionary definition of the word (entry #1 in this case):
entitle
verb [ trans. ] (usu. be entitled)
1 give (someone) a legal right or a just claim to receive or do something : employees are normally entitled to severance pay | [ trans. ] the landlord is entitled to require references.
2 give (something, esp. a text or work of art) a particular title : an article entitled "The Harried Society."
[ trans. ] archaic give (someone) a specified title expressing their rank, office, or character : they entitled him Sultan.
ORIGIN late Middle English (formerly also as intitle): via Old French from late Latin intitulare, from in- 'in' + Latin titulus 'title.'
Now I understand that language is a living organism, and that the meaning of words evolve over time (the multiple entries of entitle being proof of that), but when in the name of William Shakespeare's gym socks does word manage to mean the very opposite of it's original definition? That's like using the word "hot" to describe Absolute Zero! It's insane!
It's not even like there's much effort required in using the word properly in the context. Using the term "over-entitled" requires a whopping 5 extra characters, yet it fits the bill perfectly with no ambiguity or confusion.
*sigh* /rant
Anyways, for learning and discussion value, which words are your particular pet peeve for their misuse, and what is their original/correct intent? Feel free to use any language for this.