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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here #96868 02/25/03 01:55 AM Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada M modestgoddess old hand modestgoddess old hand M Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 833 Eastern Ontario, Canada Hey Dubdub - I would have said that a mondegreen is a misheard word or phrase - and a malapropism is a misused word or phrase. Didn't I just start a thread about malapropisms not so very long ago?! [grumble-e] but to add to this one, rather than that one: One of my housemates during my university years used to say, to indicate that she didn't care about something, "That's no shirt off my back." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Mrs. Malaprop was here Coffeebean 02/24/03 11:20 PM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here wwh 02/25/03 12:51 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here JohnHawaii 02/25/03 01:09 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here JohnHawaii 02/25/03 01:16 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here Wordwind 02/25/03 01:17 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here of troy 02/25/03 01:35 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here Rubrick 02/25/03 02:26 PM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here wwh 02/25/03 03:03 PM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here Faldage 02/25/03 03:17 PM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here maahey 02/25/03 04:43 PM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here wwh 02/25/03 01:39 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here modestgoddess 02/25/03 01:55 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here Zed 02/25/03 01:54 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here of troy 02/25/03 02:15 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here Zed 02/26/03 12:17 AM Re: tetrapyloctomy here Wordwind 02/26/03 12:31 AM Re: tetrapyloctomy here Jackie 02/26/03 01:02 AM Re: tetrapyloctomy here Wordwind 02/26/03 01:24 AM Re: tetrapyloctomy here Jackie 02/26/03 01:31 AM Re: tetrapyloctomy here wwh 02/26/03 01:43 AM Re: tetrapyloctomy here RhubarbCommando 02/26/03 02:18 PM Pentalobotomy here Jackie 02/27/03 02:35 AM Re: Pentalobotomy here dxb 03/03/03 02:20 PM Re: tetrapyloctomy here Bingley 02/26/03 04:48 AM Re: tetrapyloctomy here Jackie 02/26/03 01:39 PM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here Coffeebean 02/25/03 05:10 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here Faldage 02/25/03 11:06 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here tsuwm 02/25/03 12:17 PM tetrapyloctomy RhubarbCommando 02/25/03 01:08 PM Tetrapyloctomy Jackie 02/25/03 01:45 PM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here modestgoddess 02/27/03 02:16 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here Zed 03/03/03 11:53 PM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here wwh 03/04/03 12:51 AM (Somebody here has posted it before, but...) wofahulicodoc 03/04/03 02:14 AM Re: (Somebody here has posted it before, but...) wwh 03/04/03 02:30 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here modestgoddess 03/04/03 02:34 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here wwh 03/04/03 03:41 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here Coffeebean 03/04/03 04:25 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here RubyRed 03/04/03 11:42 AM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here dxb 03/04/03 12:00 PM Re: Mrs. Malaprop was here RubyRed 03/04/03 12:03 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,995 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,044 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 15 LukeJavan8 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,957 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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