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Lose And Loose Are Two Completely Different Words
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I now wat you meen, their. I hate it wen peaple misspeel words.
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Sometimes people don't type well or maybe they're so excited to post on the board w/ all the nice people, that their hands go faster than their brains??!!! I'm just saying... I think this thread is
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Yah I hate it when they right I am "loosing" wait, there just rung when there dueing that.
This is the rant and rave section so please don't flame me ...
Of all the words we use in this forum that are specific to being sleeved or common terms in weight-loss discussions, "lose" is probably the most often used.
To Lose - To be deprived of, or cease to have or retain.
Loose - Not firmly or tightly fixed in place.
It just drives me bonkers to see people constantly misspelling lose, "I can't wait to loose 100 lbs!" AAAARGH!!!! wrong. Clothes are loose, nuts and bolts are loose, a dog can get loose from his leash, but you LOSE weight, you will LOSE inches. It is called The Biggest LOSER, not the Biggest LOOSER. hello.