apropopisms
That's the unwieldy word I just coined for the more aptly named Eggcorns, misspelled terms that yield suprising new meanings.
A mere day after I was tipped off to this excellent database, I was sent a draft letter containing a worthy little Eggcorn. In the letter, an otherwise beautifully worded protest of the D.C. school district's decision to simultaneously upgrade some facilities and close others while instituting completely new classroom educational standards, the letter writer asserted "they are biting off more than they can choose."
Indeed.
Please don't get me started.
Anyway. Happy thoughts. Think happy thoughts.
Eggcorns. Ah, yes.
I do so enjoy a propirious slip of the tongue, don't you?
[Tip of the Eggcorns via Shawn Lea. Image via Heraclitean Fire]
posted by lisa schamess @ 22:19
1 Comments:
Some eggcorns never learn! I clicked on propirious to see what it meant, thinking "I've never heard of that one before." Propirous should be a word though...it literally rolls off the lips!
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