Have you ever left Walmart empty-handed because no matter how hard you looked, you just couldn’t source a “roast history” chicken? Did you greet a Parisian pal with an emphatic “bone jaw” only to receive a confused scowl — one beyond the realm of typical French disdain? Have you mustered the courage to ask your crush to send newts … only to receive pictures of salamanders instead?

If so, not only are you the Amelia Bedelia of these trying times, but you’re far from alone — just ask any of these exasperated social media commenters. 

From a customer at a print shop demanding workers “lemonade” their papers to a killer deal on an “autistic guitar,” here are 33 people who almost knew what they were talking about