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jack_skellington49
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jack_skellington49 asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

drug vs. dragged?

what makes people use the word drug instead of dragged, and in some very SPECIAL cases, the word drugged? the past tense of drag is dragged. the word drug should never be associated with any kind of pulling action. it should only be used when referring to some type of medicinal or illegal substance.

who told people that it's drug?? and can i meet the person who started this trend so that i may slap them for their atrocious usage of english.

Update:

Daijah,

oh lord yes. there are a lot of things people say incorrectly that flat out make me angry. i don't understand why people can't speak correctly.

Update 2:

Wayne T,

uhm what? drug is NOT the same thing as dragged. please read this, straight from merriam-webster.

Main Entry: 2drug

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): drugged; drug·ging

transitive verb

1 : to affect with a drug; especially : to stupefy by a narcotic drug

2 : to administer a drug to

3 : to lull or stupefy as if with a drug

intransitive verb : to take drugs for narcotic effect

not the same thing. i hope you are not one of the ignorant people that use this word incorrectly.

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  • bryan_q
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Because of "drink, drank, and drunk",

    lazy and/ or uneducated people tend to think the word

    "think" works the same way:

    think, thank, thunk

    or even the word "bring":

    bring, brang, brung

    in laziness and confusion, they thought the past tense of drag is drug

  • Daijah
    1 decade ago

    It's just a lazy persons' way of speaking. It's not the only mixed up word in the English language though. But I agree it is an annoying one. One that makes me cringe a lot is Pacific for specific....wtf?

  • Grateful Will
    1 decade ago

    I took a drag off the drug and got lost in your question?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    are u serious -vitun muna veijo huora helvetti vittun kyrpä perse pesä! :motz: :motz: :mad:

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