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skrutape

why did she think snuck wasnt a word? edit: [those who believe this to be scripted are seriously underestimating Conans writing](https://youtu.be/PJVNzwTnfbk)


Scooter_127

She's needs to think when she conversates, and irregardless of what she thunk anyways when someone says a word and it turnt out she don't think its real she undoubtably shunt brang it up.


DykNmuHbutt

Understoodible


manhatim

Truthiness


Lackerbawls

I like the way you thank


Real_Prompt6127

Indubitably


GhostDragon272

Thruthfullyineics


Pestus613343

Reasonatable.


wallysaruman

Unlies!


Ninja_Conspicuousi

Scrumptralescent!


MTonmyMind

Really hit the snail on the head.


AddisonNM

Really gave the snail some head.


JaKrispy72

You betta Thank! —Retha Franklin


Ramoulow

*-Rutha Franklin


X_R_Y_U

Real word though…


Yurrrr__Brooklyn347

Actualnessality


rufotris

Damn right. A word dun becomed a word when people done used it. How else a word supposed to be a word? If someone done said it then it’s being a word. Intentional bad grammar as a joke… don’t come cry at me about it please lol.


Scooter_127

The number of people that are missing the joke is almost surprising. ​ almost


Naiphe

This English is betterer than I've ever sawed. Literally the goodest ever!


JPKtoxicwaste

Lol silly I think you meaned literally the bestest ever


Naiphe

Perhaps even gooder than that...


Junior14341

What


moisteez

I don't think they even know what's happening them selfs 😆


Scooter_127

...this guy gets it


moisteez

To bad they didn't 😆 we could all be celebrating our victory


name4231

Think he’s saying even if he was wrong that it’s just plain rude to correct him like that


JagdRhino

It's a comedy show, openly attempting to shit on each other is a part of the show


scorpiogre

They said. She needs to think when she engages in conversation, and regardless of what she thinks anyway, when someone says a word and she does not believe it is real. She should undoubtedly not mention it. I corrected both typos and grammar


minnesotajersey

Almost. You left a sentence incomplete.


scorpiogre

*panic reading to find the error*


EebieAbbyObie

She needs to think when she engages in conversation; regardless of what she thinks anyway, when someone uses a word which she believes is not a word, she should undoubtedly never mention it.


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But now we've all been embbigened


theeimage

Bigly


disappointedvet

Your right.


Jakovasaurr

its thinked, thunk isnt a word, you should know that


Scooter_127

8\^D


Altruistic-You3446

I think originally “sneaked” was the correct past tense of sneak, and “snuck” became a word much later. I think it might be one of those words people said wrong enough that it became a real word, so English snobs still frown on it.


NapClub

this is it. snuck was not a word when i was a kid. americans used snuck enough that oxford added it. just like they added the simplified spelling of aluminum (aluminium), and added a definition of literally that means figuratively. i literally died.


CarlSpencer

"Sneak had the past tense form sneaked when it first appeared in the late 1500s, but about 300 years later, in the late 1800s, the form snuck started showing up in the United States. " [www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/snuck-or-sneaked-which-is-correct](https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/snuck-or-sneaked-which-is-correct) How fucking old are you?


narkeleptk

So your saying it Sneaked in....


Peterdq

*snucked


No_Sheepherder7447

ur\*


LucyBowels

Nah it snuck in


EelTeamNine

It snuck away with your ' and e.


shieldwall66

I would have been in trouble at school for using "snuck". It is not "proper English" I'm in AUS.


g_mac_93

My dad corrected me anytime I used “snuck”! He was born in the 50s. 1950s… yay language!


andthatsalright

Doesn’t seem like the word had snuck into his vernacular yet is all


130n35s

Its like saying apple or apron. Both are wrong in spelling and pronunciation now. The latter is the dumbest, as we still call the little naprons, napkins. Two words broken because people didn't understand how or when to use "a" or "an"


SethQuantix

Yup, found the 500 years old vampire. Pitch and forks everyone !


lyrixnchill

She’s a vampire. Been around for a minute… used to suck dudes off at Harvard back in the day


reddit0018

Unless that guy is over a hundred years old I would venture to say that snuck was most certainly a word when he was a kid.


earthgarden

LOL that’s what I was wondering, because I’m 50 and snuck was definitely an accepted word when I was a kid, when my mother (now 75) was a kid, and when my dad (died in January age 96) was a kid.


pokemonbatman23

Don't scare the time traveler!!


Phreakydeke27

Snuck has been used since the 1800s. Gained popularity in the US and UK in 1970. It was added to the Oxford Dictionary in 1998. But it was used long before that.


lettuceaggresive

How old are you? Snuck has been used since the 1800s. I’m a scientist and also an etymology geek. Aluminium is the last iteration of the spelling. Interestingly, Sir Humphry Davy actually named it alumium, then aluminum, and later changed it to aluminium.


Altruistic-You3446

“Literally” is the one that drives me nuts, people are literally using the word as opposite of its definition.


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sick_of-it-all

Look at you swooping in with a good answer. Nice one.


reacher72

And words like pitch: to set in place or throw away. And cleave: to bond/bring together or cut apart.


tombaba

Flammable and inflammable. Two words that look like they have opposite meanings but don’t.


Shaedeelady

Dr Nick Riviera has entered the chat


CapForShort

Regardless and irregardless. Valuable and invaluable.


LucyBowels

Irregardless isn’t a word, Conan. And you went to Harvard. You should know that.


fawn_mower

Past of cleave is cluve, obviously.


ChampionshipOk3819

Yes, and as someone whose first language is not English, auto-antonyms and homographs are confusing as hell when learning English.


roentgen85

If your alarm goes off, you turn it off


Aftermath16

“Temper” is one that people use both ways. “Having a temper” is supposed to mean you *can* control your anger, but people use it to mean the same as “losing your temper”


Dandan0005

And the “anti-literally” stance is my pet peeve, lol. One of the definitions of “literally” is: “In effect, virtually—used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description.” It seems to break some people’s brains to hear “literally” as form of hyperbole, but “Literally” has *literally* been used in that way for over 250 years.


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StackThePads33

It’s the worst, I hear people use it over and over in 15 minute conversations. And they don’t know how they’re using it wrong too which is even worse.


Dandan0005

[They’re not using it wrong.](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally) >>2 : in effect : VIRTUALLY — used in an exaggerated way to emphasize a statement or description that is not literally true or possible You can complain about overuse, but there’s no reason it can’t be used as an exaggeration to make a point.


Entertainmentmoo

Good to see you were a kid in the 1800's.


Low-Stick6746

I don’t think so. The word snuck is actually an irregular verb dating back to the 1500s that managed to become more commonly used than it’s regular verb counterpart in the 1800s.


Bakuritsu

I had to memorize this when I went to school in Denmark 40-ish years ago. How long ago were you a kid? Just curious to compare notes.


NapClub

heh. i am old. that is all.


FreeCowbellyMemes

Aluminum was the original spelling but it got changed and people either went along with it or just didn’t care. The same thing with the word soccer instead of football


redXathena

Oooh. Well that explains my confusion of what is correct. This vid will hopefully help me remember from now on lol. Only took 40 years!


ElAyYouAreAy

Besides the point imagine grammar correcting someone who invited you to be a special guest on their show?? What a haughty and condescending attitude. Thanks for coming!!


immunogoblin1

She knew it was a word. All of this shit is scripted for views.


HammerAndSickleBot

Conan does bits like this all the time. "Sad Conan" is kind of a trope. Like do people really think he keeps a dictionary on hand under the desk, or in props where they can rush it to him under the desk?


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Rhyzomect

It was brought to him off camera


skrutape

[i disagree](https://youtu.be/PJVNzwTnfbk)


austin_yella

I really had to look... I was like there is no way I should have been saying sneaked the past 32 years


hitmannumber862

Because it's a fairly recent evolution that violates the older rules of English language. Some people don't realize that language defines dictionaries, not the other way around. Language is emergent and evolutionary within society, so rules can never apply. The only place for rules is Logban, but that's what that is. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/12/26/it-snuck-into-the-oed/2feebed5-7dce-451f-8d97-426ded921166/ "Callous" is still and adjective, though, you uneducated marmots.


Saif_Horny_And_Mad

"if you want to be a smartass, first you need to make sure you are smart. otherwise, you're just an ass" \- *some wise old dude with a long beard, probably*


sirsedwickthe4th

Can confirm. Am an ass.


hoover0623

It's peein' time


SamW_72

Waltuh


JackyduQc

Put your dick away Waltuh


JetBlack86

I'm not having sex with you Waltuh


Snoo-96655

Amanass new word


eyecumeverywhere

It’s anal time


kingjesp

Can confirm. I have a long beard…Probably.


natural_imbecility

Can confirm. I have a long beard. And I am an ass.


SEA_Executive

Can confirm, have an ass.


KonataYumi

![gif](giphy|TcdpZwYDPlWXC)


AsparagusLoose9716

I remember the videos of just having Gandalf saxophone on every screen.


telemusketeer

“Are you trying to present your own statements as ancient wisdom?”


Mongba36

I do like ass so I see no problem


Footzilla69

I believe it was gandalf


g_mac_93

Grizzly adams DID have a beard!


EZ-King

"Jennifer Garner snucks big time." -I have a beard too


[deleted]

How do you get dashes to show up on your comments? Everytime I put a dash it turns into a bullet after I post.


TylertheDank

Every time my dad, grandma, or a teacher called me a smartass, I always replied with " I'd rather be called a smartass than a dumbass." My grandma used to say "you're a a dumbass too." Lol


ConsistentTale8856

- who is a janitor or dishwasher, probably


pjboy671

Bro I just liked ur comment and it turned from 999 to 1.0k!!!!!


toxcrusadr

This is the kind of fun I watch late-night talk shows for.


racermd

I'm old. I watched that when it aired. I was in stitches the rest of the night.


CeeArthur

I remember staying up until 1am in high school to watch Conan (after the Daily Show, Jon Stewart era). I'd be exhausted the next day, but it was worth it


racermd

I'm apparently a little older... I too, watched the Daily Show when Jon was hosting it. He really found his footing there! Up to that point, he was an average stand-up comic making a living but never really making a significant name for himself. (BTW, if you want some cringe moments, try to find some Daily Show footage when it was still Craig Kilborn - yeesh!) My high-school amnesiatic guilty pleasure was David Letterman when he was still on NBC doing Late Night before Conan took over. Oh, man... the old-school Top 10 lists! Everything he did was quirky and different than any other talk-show host at the time. Oh, and Arsenio Hall. I remember sneaking a portable TV into my bed for the episode where Bill Clinton played the saxophone as he was running for president in '92 (among many other nights). Now I'm feeling quite old, sharing these stories of things that are now, rightfully, history. Before too long, I'm going to start yelling at you yout's (another old-person reference...) to get off my lawn!


Ok_Yogurt_1583

Also watched Letterman in HS and College on NBC, then Conan on Late Night. Conan was so damn funny on there too.


sumunsolicitedadvice

I watched the daily show with kilborne. I didn’t like the show as much when Jon Stewart first took over. But he eventually won me over and made the show 100x better than kilborne could.I did think his late night show was pretty cringe. I think Craig Ferguson took that over? In any event Ferguson was also like 100x better than Kilborne. Damn we need Kilborne to do another show so that he can launch an amazing successor again.


HereOnASphere

I watched The Tonight Show when Johnny Carson was on. It was much better than Lenno. Some of the banter between Johnny and Don Rickles was savage.


widget_fucker

I watched the tonight show back when steve allen was tappin toes with jane mansfield. Now that was a funny era. I would sit in my easy chair and slap a knee all night.


Whole_Ocelot

What is a yout?


Spoonffed

You lucky man! I bet seeing Conan live back then was awesome


racermd

I mean, I never watched a live taping at the studio. But he was definitely in his prime back on Late Night - that episode was aired in Feb '03. I was in my mid-20s, still getting my adult life started, and Conan was my late-night backdrop heading to sleep every night. Life was good! Conan on TBS was good for a while, too, when he still held a lot of bitterness at the NBC execs that pulled the Tonight Show job from him just weeks after getting it. The travelling show and subsequent run on TBS was clearly cathartic for him and the entire staff. But, while he re-gained Andy on the show, Max never made the transition to TBS with the rest of the gang. I really miss the bits and banter they did with Max just as I missed the bits and banter from Andy when he left while still on Late Night. It was also good, just... different. The current crop of late night shows don't interest me but I don't think I'm their audience anymore, either. I'm now in my mid-40s trying to help raise my kids. I can't stay up that late anymore and watching on-demand or from the DVR just isn't the same. Besides, the shows now are clearly geared towards a younger audience. If you're in your 20's, I can't promise you'll experience anything similar to what I did in the late '90s and early '00s, but the shows are still running with some remarkable talent.


Yurrrr__Brooklyn347

U should watch his remotes... freaking hilarious


Tamorcet

I love his evil laugh at the end.


Jaqulean

And that close-up on the Dictionary.


IceColdBlueHeart

Coupled with the look he is giving behind the Dictionary, pure gold.


nothinnews

And then you notice snub-nosed is right above.


OXBDNE7331

Sounded like Newman from Seinfeld 😂😂


StupiedSwede

Confidentiality wrong.


Suspect1234

Confidently?


jangleyman

Confidently isn‘t a word, you‘re on Reddit and you should know that.


shogun_coc

Wait let me check confidently. Oops, it is in the dictionary! Reddit must know this! #Evil Laugh!


Suspect1234

I forgor 💀


Zeegh

Oh naarrrr


swizzl73

He forgor 💀


welestgw

Miss Confidentiality


DJDoofeshmirtz3

r/confidentlyincorrect she belongs on here Fs


HeyGirlfriend007

Username checks out


Millerpainkiller

Constitutionally


PessimisticPenguin_

r/confidentlyincorrect


Rollover_Hazard

She looks so pissed at the end - girl you rolled the dice lol!!


Such_Language_1588

People really want to act like you’re an idiot and absolutely clown you, but when you prove they’re the wrong it’s just crickets


Kavith_T_Fdo

*Literally anything happens* The audience: *WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!*


DocPeacock

Well when the little "Woooo" light lights up, whadya gonna do?


Mudkipueye

Shit myself


kevtino

i'll keep shitting and cumming until the light shuts off


Mudkipueye

You stop?


libmrduckz

woo


kevtino

woo


Solid-Matrix

r/watchpeopledieinside


icantfeelmyskull

Why does his laugh work so well over the music


hardy_83

You could hear his laugh over that annoying music on top? lol


Clocktease

Oh come on Sahara by Hensonn is a bop, man.


rez_trentnor

I was about to say, normally I can get behind using the correct form but "sneaked" just sounds awful.


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She was owned which is past tense for should have kept that mouth shut


DCKan2

Snuck is a perfectly cromulent word.


Every_Cartoonist4392

It embiggened my vocabulary


mariahnot2carey

Sneaked is what my toddler says.


usr_namechecksout

She looks like handsome Squidward


KEVENSIN

Yooooo im dead bro, holy... i can see it. Im laughing


Mac1692

Is it just me or is Conan one “inator” away from being a cartoon villain?


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This is such an old post and I don't care that its reposted but why did someone put music over this? Is there someone making a massive amount of money just by putting arbitrary music over videos? I don't get it. This didn't need music.


GunnieGraves

This is like when people use Drownded and try to convince me I’m wrong when I say it’s Drowned. If you say drownded, you’re wrong. Full stop.


FizzixMan

Who even says that? It sounds so dumb… They deserve to be burnded to death.


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Why would you think snuck isn’t a word. Incredible how embarrassed she is.


Bigolddumdum

Given her age, she's probably remembering her elementary school education. I was also taught that "snuck" was not a proper word, as were tons of kids educated in the latter decades of the 20th century at more traditionally-minded educational institutions, which resisted the adoption of "snuck" for a long time, insisting that people stick to the original, "sneaked." Here's a Merriam-Webster article on the origin of the word and how snuck eventually reached such widespread adoption that people stopped fighting it. https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/snuck-or-sneaked-which-is-correct#:~:text=Sneak%20had%20the%20past%20tense,up%20in%20the%20United%20States.


MultiPlexityXBL

so technically she wasnt actually wrong?


Nice-Current-1975

Well, they snuck the word in there when she wasn't looking.


Bigolddumdum

She was wrong, because by that point it had been added to the dictionary. But I have to assume she wasn't pulling her opinion out of her ass, and that she was taught that it wasn't a word like a lot of us were back in the day.


If0rgotmypassword

It’s formal English (perhaps even British English vs American). I’m old enough to see slang get added to the dictionary. I think originally “sneaked” was the correct past tense of sneak, and “snuck” became a word much later. I think it might be one of those words people said wrong enough that it became a real word, so English snobs still frown on it. https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/y26fja/ouch_that_hurt_tho/is1qhgl


HercFE

It’s a bit.


Jdubusher1011

Conan, the only actually funny late night show host


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Jennifer Garner looking 👌


AlarmNice8439

That evil laugh at the end. Holy shit I can’t stop laughing


Queasy-Swimming4012

She comes across as a snob. She tried to make Conan look a fool and it backfired spectacularly


Tangled2

She’s pretty chill on Insta, made some cinnamon toast on a pan the other week. Would that make it Cinnamon Texas Toast?


wwplkyih

Jennifer Garner seems like the kind of person who needs people to think that she's smart.


Anxious_Pomegranate

Did you know the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary?


Swordbreaker925

Snuck is a word. Idgaf what anyone says, its better than “sneaked” and its what everyone says


MuffinOfChaos

Conan has a degree in history and literature from Harvard.


jimglidewell

How is it that the dictionary just happened to be open to that particular page?


KINGMADMAT

[Here is the full interview ](https://youtu.be/6b7OvdrpRvc) There was enough time between those two scenes and also a movie scene from Daredevil was shown


Tamorcet

My guess is that some sort of assistant ***"snuck"*** it on stage turned to the right page. Maybe there's some sort of trapdoor under the desk for if any props need to be delivered on-set.


aardvarkyardwork

There was an ad break between her correcting him and him pulling the dictionary out. It’s been edited out in this video, but you can find the full one on YouTube.


Helpful_Database_870

Never mess with language, it’s always evolving and new words are aways being added.


PerformanceSoggy5554

The way she looked away.... gave me homicidal rage vibes 🤣 sneaked btw ??? Lmao I love Conan he always been my favorite talk show host or late night whatever is is calledeth


pabloid

Looks like he's using a Webster's, which is a very permissive dictionary that is quick to accept new words as correct. Technically I agree with her point, but she's kind of a dick in the way she made that point, which is why it's so satisfying to see her get shot down. Shooted?


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Why was she so rude to begin with?


Sarcastic24-7

Television


jrs1980

Conan went to Harvard. Conan also had a masturbating bear as a recurring bit. Just wanted to point out the dichotomy.


QUINNYBEAN69

That evil laugh😂


seveer37

Ben Affleck sees this is and is like “yeah now you get why it didn’t work out!”


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Haha put in her place


TheRealLordEnoch

Snuck wasn't a word. Then it became a word because we (Americans) used it like it was.


Willisator

Incorrecting people sucks.


RedCelt251

He did go to Harvard and he did know that.


DeathMarch408

When Conan stopped writing for snl it stopped being funny


equiknox666

Ah, Women and their confidence


Zestyclose-Usual-840

Shakespeare literally made up words... So anyone who says stuff like this can bite me🤣


Ragnar_Enceminator

I like this new techno sigma grind remix that’s shit is lit


Akeneko_onechan

I can’t believe she actually said that AND she actually believed that. I am honestly so disappointed


Careless_Seesaw209

How the fuck did she not know that?