Malapropism!
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Jan 2017
1:44pm, 19 Jan 2017
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Markymarkmark
One of my colleagues has just mentioned there "being a spaniel in the works". Oops. |
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. |
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.
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Jan 2017
5:38pm, 19 Jan 2017
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GeneHunt59
Maybe that was more of a 'Freudian Slip' McG than a malapropism?
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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?
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Jan 2017
5:53pm, 19 Jan 2017
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McGoohan
My own dear wife did once refer to a Freudian slit!
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Jan 2017
9:34pm, 19 Jan 2017
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Fleecing Icicles
Sounds appropriate
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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. |
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". |
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.
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