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Topic Options #209641 - 02/19/13 01:48 PM Malapropism gregeliot stranger Registered: 02/19/13 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. Top #209649 - 02/19/13 08:05 PM Re: Malapropism [Re: gregeliot] bassorbase stranger Registered: 02/19/13 Posts: 3 Loc: 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. Edited by bassorbase (02/19/13 08:08 PM) Top #209664 - 02/20/13 11:43 AM Re: Malapropism [Re: bassorbase] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8430 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Welcome to you. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #211046 - 05/20/13 06:00 PM Re: Malapropism [Re: gregeliot] teepee newbie Registered: 05/20/13 Posts: 25 Loc: 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..." Top #211051 - 05/20/13 06:30 PM Re: Malapropism [Re: teepee] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 8430 Loc: 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---- Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview 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 consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8947 Members 16 Forums 13866 Topics 222192 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members michor, Daksh1, geoffhargreaves, Guadalupe, may2point0 8947 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 34 Guests and 6 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) wofahulicodoc 64 LukeJavan8 53 may2point0 19 May 3 Tromboniator 3 geoffhargreaves 1 Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 13803 Jackie 11613 tsuwm 10538 LukeJavan8 8429 Buffalo Shrdlu 7210 wofahulicodoc 6787 AnnaStrophic 6511 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400

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