Malapropism!
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Nov 2019
7:13pm, 4 Nov 2019
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Dvorak
Moving forward, I presume any changes required will be appliqued.
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Nov 2019
8:43pm, 5 Nov 2019
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Fragile Do Not Bend
I’ve just been watching Dave Gorman’s programme from last week and he had a good bit on malapropisms. I particularly liked ‘flaming yawn’ - as in ‘I’m going to cook some flaming yawn for dinner’
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Jul 2020
11:56am, 6 Jul 2020
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Markymarkmark
"Don't share this too wisely, but...."
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Jan 2021
4:01am, 17 Jan 2021
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Grumpypants
My neighbour claims to be a Condom Bleu cook.
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Jan 2021
9:28pm, 17 Jan 2021
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MarkyMarkMark (3M)
[chewy, Grumpypants!]
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Mar 2021
1:37pm, 5 Mar 2021
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SteveC NordRunner
«An iron curtain has descended across the continent» Surely curtains are drawn?
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Mar 2021
1:57pm, 5 Mar 2021
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HappyG(rrr)
[Being pedantic Steve, I think they call the fire protection that lowers in the theatre a "Safety Curtain"? Sorry for being pendantish.]
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Mar 2021
3:55pm, 5 Mar 2021
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SteveC NordRunner
No, that's fine! Just glad he didn't say «built» or «erected»!
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Mar 2021
4:03pm, 5 Mar 2021
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larkim
My sister prayed for the Iranian Ostriches in the late 1970s.
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Mar 2021
4:03pm, 5 Mar 2021
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larkim
[Edit just realised i posted that a few years ago!]
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