What to do when someone utters the malapropistic heresy of "backslash" when they mean "/"??
Chill out with today's SOTD:
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#SOTD #SongOfTheDay #backslash #malapropism
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another great #malapropism! I give you "extroverted olive oil" its probably the reason that so many parties end up moving into the kitchen!
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I don't know if anyone much talks about the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, but it is not the Sixteenth Chapel! There were not fifteen before it. "One of the things Michelangelo is famous for is painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel." #grammar #grammardiva #grammarbooks #malapropism
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Espresso/Expresso - Might be easier to say and commonly heard, but the correct word for that morning necessity is espresso. No X sound. #grammar #grammardiva #malapropism
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Do dligence/Due diligence -- The correct idiom is due diligence, where due is an adjective. It means to use appropriate care not to harm anyone or anything. "Please use due diligence when you handle this private information." #grammar #grammardiva #idiom #malapropism
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Dime a Dozen/Diamond Dozen - It might sound like diamond dozen when someone says it, but it is dime a dozen. Means common. "Those print shirts are a dime a dozen in the tourist shops." #grammar #grammardiva #idioms #malapropism #words
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Beckon call/ Beck and call - The correct idiom is beck and call. Meaning: Waiting to be of service to someone. "Just because you are tired, I am not at your beck and call!" #idiom #malapropism #grammar #grammardiva #language
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Baited breath/Bated breath - In a state of anticipation, and the correct spelling is "bated." Bait is all about fishing. "I waited for my blind date with bated breath." #malapropism #grammar #grammardiva #confusedwords #idioms
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An orange nasturtium flower with raindrops on the petals, growing in a garden. In the background are nasturtium leaves, and dirt with leaves and sticks. The image has been cropped to cut out some leaves and dirt.
Casting nasturtiums, not I
Friday during a break in the rain
#ColorADay #OrangeSun #nasturtiums #flowers #bloomscrolling #malapropism
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Trying to sum up a mental image for this #malapropism, but failing.
"She's not firing on all fours."
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In absolute fits. Tired so the brain to mouth channel is not functioning at its best. Just asked SpecsChap if he wanted to watch "K-Pop Demon Humpers".
Cue absolute fits, could barely breathe let alone correct myself.
#malapropism
#talko
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Good you didn’t say Barclay!
#malapropism
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Overheard at the weekend:
"I'm not going to worry about it yet"
"You're right. Sure you can burn that bridge when you come to it".
#Malapropism
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I just got super #stoned (🙏 #HigherLeaf in #Bellevue!) & told Luther “let’s rock & Grohl.”
Guess I was 🤔 #DaveGrohl? 😆
It’s like time my midl sister Molly (now a #TX state sen, D-15) 1st got drunk on her 21stbday & told every1 she was going to TKAB, baby! (take care of business) #lol
#malapropism
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#protip: if you look up “roar shark test” on the internet it actually shows you stuff about the rorschach inkblot test #malapropism
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transparency seems to be fav word among the far right everywhere when they’re talking about opaqueness and shadiness.
Is it fair to consider it the birth of a new eggcorn/malapropism? 🤔
#linguistics #eggcorn #malapropism
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Just overheard someone on a speaker call telling his partner to make sure for their cold trip they buy and pack some — do not forget — ear muffins.
He said it, like, four times. Definitely not an accident #lol 😅
#malapropism #weather
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Or do I mean saddle up & ride at dawn? #malapropism
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Twice in the past week I’ve seen the word “craven” misused on different TV shows. Whoever needs to hear this: it means cowardly. NOT greedy or wanton.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
#malapropism
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just told nurse son about the transgender mice, he didn't laugh much because he's really sad that this essential medical research has been killed
#malapropism #MoronMusk #FelonDonald
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"Mio amore! Mio amore! Disprezzo macchiato macchiato mio amore!"
This is what I hear as an Italian. And rightly so! And feel <contempt>.
Espresso is a train in Italian, what foreigners call espresso is just "caffè".
#culturalappropriation
#Eurovision #ESC2025
#malapropism
#Sanremo2025
#Sanremo
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It was only yesterday when I found out that the malapropism 'Valentime' is a thing.
Since then, I've seen at least 4 cases of grown people way past kindergarten age refer to 'Valentime' or 'Valentimes Day', and they weren't being ironic.
#ValentinesDay #malapropism #English
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"Oh, look. Over there. A dog on a shelf," I said to my friend.
She peered across the arroyo. "You mean that black lab on the balcony? The one barking at us?"
I hate it when words fail me. Though I think my version is snappier, don't you?
#brainfart #neologism #malapropism
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I was today’s year old when I learned it’s “fleshed out” and not “flushed out.” 🤷🏻♀️ #ifeeldumb #iameducated #malapropism #englishlanguage
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Overheard at the bus-stop: "I'm not casting any nasturtiums".
#malapropism
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My favourite #malapropism. I was driving a co-worker to work. When we passed an extremely skinny runner she said “look how emancipated that woman is.”
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When I was a kid, mum told us there was a Vendetta in the freezer if we wanted some. 80's dessert-based #malapropism
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