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From one of our HR people this morning (that's Personnel in old money):
"I've had this seed of an idea ruminating in my skull."
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I mentioned trend beginning at work and a collegue said "I certainly hope you nipped that in the butt." (ouch)
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We've had so many Bushisms, here's a Clinton contribution from the internet:
"Although Davis and Kenyon kept the audience rollicking with their presentation,
they were quick to caution their listeners, many of whom were physicians,
against smugness. Malapropisms can happen to anyone, Davis stressed, "no
matter how educated the speaker is." In fact, during a visit to Rhode Island,
President Clinton voiced his support for allowing mothers to remain in the
hospital after childbirth until they are fully recovered. According to Davis,
Clinton got a bit tongue-tied - speaking earnestly of reducing "drive-by
pregnancies" instead of drive-by deliveries. "
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Isn't that just an updated version of the old slogan "If you drink, don't park -- accidents cause people!"
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Driveby pregnancy = aerial insemination. Not easy, by a long shot.
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"Although Davis and Kenyon kept the audience rollicking with their presentation..."
Does this seem like an odd use of "rollicking" to anyone else? I don't know why it does to me - it just doesn't ring true somehow. I looked it up and I guess it sort of works in the context - it just seems weird to me....Maybe I think of rollicking as being something that takes place somewhere other than in an audience - like, at a carnival or fun fair or the circus (clowns in the ring)....
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Dear MG: I agree with you that "rollicking" describes the mood of the audience, not the
audience itself.ROLLICKING Definition: carefree and frolicsome; boisterous; gay and lively
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My dear husband is an electrical engineer, and quite talented as far as mathematics, calculus and physics are concerned. However, words are not his thing.... He has made quite a few hilarious malapropisms -- one of which I'll share with you. Some time back we were on a section of our property, looking through a telescope at some bums who were camped on our land. We were trying to decide if we should approach them, or call the sherriff. Well, I was looking through the telescope (which was 45x power!) at this group of fellows, and said to my husband, "oh, one of them's walking this way." "What's he doing?" Richard asked. "Uh oh," I said, "he's taking a leak!" And Richard, indignant that I was still looking after I knew what the man was doing, said: "You voyageur!" 
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I once made a horrific malaprop during a job interview that I desperately wanted for a variety of reasons. None more so than the fact that the job was a step up in elegance from my then current job, which was managing a retail store. The new job was an office position in a beautifully appointed office, in a handsomely built office building. I would have had my own office, with a view, and a bookshelf with crystal vases and pictures of my kids displayed on it. I would have been able to wear elegant suits with matching high heels (impossible in a retail job where standing was required 80% of the time) Yeah, I wanted that "posh" job very badly......
So, when the interviewer asked why I was interested in this middle management level job, when I already had an upper management position at my current job, I said: "To be honest with you, it is because this job would be very "cush" compared to my current job." At which point, the interviewer stood up from behind her desk, extended her hand and curtly said "Thank you, Ms 'Malaprop' (name changed to protect the innocent) We'll be in touch"
Yeah.....I really said "cush" instead of "posh" Oi, vai! I was all of 23 years old, so I guess it was one of those "learning experiences"
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