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Two that I've seen that made me laugh were "escape goat" for "scapegoat" and "water under the fridge" for "water under the bridge", I use these malaprops intent
by dmfdmf 3y ago
Two that I've seen that made me laugh were "escape goat" for "scapegoat" and "water under the fridge" for "water under the bridge", I use these malaprops intentionally now.
- ftxbro 3y agoI mean "scapegoat" is a shortening of "escape goat" so probably at some point in history there were grammar pedants complaining about kids these days saying scapegoat instead of escape goat. > The English scapegoat is a compound of the archaic verb scape, which means "escape," and goat
- dmfdmf 3y agoTIL