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Eggcorn
- ja27 16y agoSomeone at work wrote something like "we have achieved parody with <competitor's product>."
- zephjc 16y agoOne I made up as a kid: Very-close veins -> Varicose veins
- oct 16y agoI thought for a while that the word being used was "bellicose," like they were being confrontational by bulging out.
- TheSOB88 16y agopleugh
- InclinedPlane 16y agoTaken for granite. Amber-lamps. Mind bottling.
- bugmenot 16y agoI lived for several years in the Netherlands and was delighted to learn that the Dutch word for squirrel, "eekhoorn" is pronounced, essentially, "acorn". I'm not aware of any fun-spoiling etymological connection, either.
- minouye 16y agoWhile not exactly the same, malapropisms are interesting too :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malapropism
- samps 16y agoI have a favorite one of these: "You and me, we're really on the same pagelength."
- whatwhatwhat 16y agoamber lamps has got to be the best eggcorn of all time
- JoeAltmaier 16y agoMondegreens are similar
- chrischen 16y agoAll intensive purposes *edited
- jrockway 16y agoIt's usually "all intensive purposes", but yeah, this comes up a lot.
- adriand 16y agoNip it in the butt.
- ianferrel 16y agoIv'e seen these so much they don't even phase me any more.
- vlad 16y agoI've seen these so much they don't even face me any more.