Malapropism!

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Markymarkmark
Markymarkmark
Jan 2017
1:44pm, 19 Jan 2017
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One of my colleagues has just mentioned there "being a spaniel in the works".

Oops.
Red Ant
Red Ant
Jan 2017
1:49pm, 19 Jan 2017
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Red Ant
Mmm.

Until very recently I was guilty of "on tenderhooks".

Oops indeed.
McGoohan
McGoohan
Jan 2017
5:31pm, 19 Jan 2017
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McGoohan
I used to work for a manager who did this sort of thing all the time. She once said she was having a dildo rail installed. She meant a dado rail.
GeneHunt59
GeneHunt59
Jan 2017
5:38pm, 19 Jan 2017
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GeneHunt59
Maybe that was more of a 'Freudian Slip' McG than a malapropism? :)
Winded
Winded
Jan 2017
5:43pm, 19 Jan 2017
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Winded
Is that like a picture rail to display them or like a rail gun to fire them from a distance?
McGoohan
McGoohan
Jan 2017
5:53pm, 19 Jan 2017
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McGoohan
My own dear wife did once refer to a Freudian slit!
Fleecing Icicles
Fleecing Icicles
Jan 2017
9:34pm, 19 Jan 2017
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Fleecing Icicles
Sounds appropriate :)
Markymarkmark
Markymarkmark
Jan 2017
9:42pm, 31 Jan 2017
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Markymarkmark
Just been told a lady I know slightly is in the high density unit at the local hospital.

It took a bit to work out.

Dependency. Hope she's out soon.
Nellers
Nellers
Feb 2017
6:32am, 1 Feb 2017
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Nellers
At work my team look after a product called "Residential Let". It gets shortened to "Resi Let" and I've been known to refer to it as "Lesi Ret". More a spoonerism than a malapropism, I know, but still......

I once had to correct someone who referred to a "Fraudulent Slip".
Fragile Do Not Bend
Fragile Do Not Bend
Feb 2017
5:06pm, 3 Feb 2017
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Fragile Do Not Bend
When I was health care assistant, I came across a lot of men who were apparently in for surgery on their prostrate.

About This Thread

Maintained by 3M
The word "malapropism" (and its earlier variant "malaprop") comes from a character named "Mrs. Malaprop" in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 play The Rivals. Mrs. Malaprop frequently misspeaks (to comic effect) by using words which don't have the meaning that she intends but which sound similar to words that do.

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