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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Malapropism #209641 02/19/2013 6:48 PM Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 1 gregeliot stranger gregeliot stranger Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 1 My most memorable malapropism was the time I told my father that our erractically running car was erotic. As a teenage boy at the time there was plenty of things that I found erotic, but the car was certainly not one of them. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Malapropism gregeliot #209649 02/20/2013 1:05 AM Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 3 WA bassorbase stranger bassorbase stranger Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 3 WA We keep an eye on the house of some neighbors when they are away, and we have a key and the little remote device ("fob") for their alarm--in case of some emergency. For some reason, the owner has some trouble with the word for that little device. On his way home from another state, he called us in a panic. "What am I gonna do? I left my throb in a rest stop 150 miles ago." Once we determined that he had not forgotten his wife back there, but rather his alarm clicker, I found the spare and calm ensued. Last edited by bassorbase; 02/20/2013 1:08 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Malapropism bassorbase #209664 02/20/2013 4:43 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Welcome to you. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Malapropism gregeliot #211046 05/20/2013 10:00 PM Joined: May 2013 Posts: 25 New Zealand teepee newbie teepee newbie Joined: May 2013 Posts: 25 New Zealand I had to go to a specialist for a biopsy. A friend kindly rings to "wish me luck for my autopsy." I responded "I think my luck would have run out..." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Malapropism teepee #211051 05/20/2013 10:30 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water A reply to that one needs to come from Olly, a member here from Kiwi-land. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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