Malapropisms! List them! What's your favorite!?
By umklassg
@umklassg (60)
Canada
October 16, 2010 8:34am CST
A malapropism is a substitution of a word that means something completely different for a word that sounds like it, resulting in a comical sentence... Shakespeare used them, David Chase used them in the Sopranos, Homer Simpson says them, they're half of the humour in Trailer Park Boys.
For example: "This is most odious music!" --odiuos instead of melodious.
What are some you've heard?
1 response
@oldchem1 (8132)
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16 Oct 10
Mrs. Malaprop certainly started something didn't she!! Of course there are man malapropisms from her in Sheridan's 'Th Rivals' including "Why, murder's the matter! slaughter's the matter! killing's the matter! - but he can tell you the perpendiculars." (what she meant of course was 'particulars'!!
One I remember is from Dan Quail Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."
