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cursive

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 I never heard the word "cursive" growing up, but now it is quite common as handwriting and penmanship die out. According to the OED, the word was first used in English in the late 1700s, referring to a few examples of ancient writing. It is the practice of the OED to give at least one example from every century of each word. They list no examples from the twentieth century.
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versus becomes verse

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 Versus becomes verse. Have you noticed that all the cool kids these days say " verse " instead of " versus ," and lawyers like to say, " V ," as if it's their best friend  or  something, which I guess, when you come to think of it, it really is. Ha, lawyers' best friend is  Versus , which is abbreviated  vs ., and is pronounced  verse  by most people, but affectionately "Vee" in legal circles.  golden material for my funny novel, if I ever start to write it. 
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Epithet

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has morphed into narrow meaning : swear word Because of Nixon tapes?
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Process of hyper correction

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You and me went to the store You and I Ok. You and I went to the store. Keep this between you and I You and me Ok. Keep this between you and me.
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Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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unorganized, angel

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Commentator on MSNBC Nicole Wallace March 14, 2019 Trump and Company are like a Disorganized Crime Family The angel is in the details
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end with a preposition

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this ever changing world in which we live in
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I or me, she or her, he or him

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Pronoun cases escape most people. Those who used to say “Paul and me went to the stores”
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