Misunderestimations in speech

Today's topic is awkward moments in conversation where someone (and more than once it's been me) has no idea he or she is saying something incorrectly:

Exhibit A: I know someone who cannot pronounce the word vehemently. For some reason, he says vuh-HEMPT-lee. It's ... weird.

B: Anytime the phrase "for all intensive purposes" escapes someone's lips *

C: Sometimes I feel like half the people I know pronounce it supposeably.

D: And now for the self-deprecating portion of the program ...

Once in a budget meeting, in front of the publisher, I had to read the lede graf of a story about Viagra (which is embarrassing enough) which used the word impotent. I pronounced it "im-POE-tent," as in not potent. As in scent.

Needless to say, I had probably never used said word before, nor do I these days — but I know how to say it ever since this:

"Um," the publisher said, in front of the entire room. "Im-POE-tent?"

And then they all guffawed — a little too hard. Nothing like being openly mocked. That'll learn ya.

*Thanks to J-Dub