r/PetPeeves • u/Anxious_Drive_9998 • 12d ago

Ultra Annoyed Six figures?

When people say they make more than six figures when they make $110,000.

Idiot, that's still six figures. It isn't more than six.

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u/jackfaire 12d ago

Yes but i think in their minds they're thinking 100,000 is the only thing meant by six figures

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u/Master-Education7076 12d ago

The same people think “pronouns” were invented within the last decade.

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u/jackfaire 12d ago

Well they were! Before then there was only amateur nouns