"So they're red...?"

One of the many obnoxious errors I find that repeat themselves in stories is when people put "rouge" instead of "rogue". I mean seriously, do you not know how to spell "rogue"? Rouge is a completely different word! And for all of you who are going to say something like "It's British spelling", here are the two definitions right off of Google:

rouge1

ro͞oZH/

noun

noun: rouge

1.

a red powder or cream used as a cosmetic for coloring the cheeks or lips.

another term for jeweler's rouge.

verb

verb: rouge; 3rd person present: rouges; past tense: rouged; past participle: rouged; gerund or present participle: rouging

1.

color with rouge.

"her brightly rouged cheeks"

archaic

apply rouge to one's cheeks.

rouge2

ro͞oZH/

noun

noun: rouge; plural noun: rouges

(in Canadian football) a single point awarded when the receiving team fails to run a kick out of its own end zone.

rogue

rōg/

noun

noun: rogue; plural noun: rogues

1.

a dishonest or unprincipled man.

"you are a rogue and an embezzler"

synonyms:

scoundrel, villain, miscreant, reprobate, rascal, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, wretch;More

informalrat, dog, louse, crook;

datedcad;

archaicblackguard, picaroon, knave

"a rogue without ethics"

a person whose behavior one disapproves of but who is nonetheless likable or attractive (often used as a playful term of reproof).

"Cenzo, you old rogue!"

synonyms:

rascal, imp, devil, monkey;More

informalscamp, scalawag, monster, horror, terror, hellion

"your boy's a little rogue"

2.

an elephant or other large wild animal driven away or living apart from the herd and having savage or destructive tendencies.

"a rogue elephant"

a person or thing that behaves in an aberrant, faulty, or unpredictable way.

"he hacked into data and ran rogue programs"

an inferior or defective specimen among many satisfactory ones, especially a seedling or plant deviating from the standard variety.

verb

verb: rogue; 3rd person present: rogues; past tense: rogued; past participle: rogued; gerund or present participle: roguing

1.

remove inferior or defective plants or seedlings from (a crop).

As you can see, "rouge" and "rogue" are not at all the same, so next time your unsure of how a word is spelled, make sure you have the right one that spellcheck gives you.

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