Malapropisms galore, add yer own.

[Robb]

The monster is just a pigment of my imagination.

Isn't that an expensive pendulum round that man's neck?

Good punctuation means not to be late.

He's a wolf in cheap clothing.

Michelangelo painted the Sixteenth Chapel.

My sister has extra-century perception.



For bonus geek points, who knows where the term "malapropism" came from? :D

[bratcatinok]

1. For years I seriously thought

soap operas were soda poppers. I overheard an adult relative mention soap opera when I was young and my hearing interpreted it as being soda popper.

It wasn't until I asked one day why they were called soda poppers that it was explained to me they were soap operas and it was because soap used to be the main advertisements.

[bif]

22. 'I'm tired of these sublte insinuendos"

n/t

[enigmatic]

2. Missouri Loves Company!

Thank you, thank you very much...

[ThoughtCriminal]

3. We'll Burn That Bridge When we Get to It.

nt

[allalone]

12. in my family we say

we'll jump off that bridge when we get to it.

[AlCzervik]

4. If it ain't broke, don't break it

[On the Road]

5. Why, the Term Came from Mrs. Malaprop

who said things like "he's at the pineapple of his success," "that refined looking gent over there is quite phosphorous" and "Oh no, I committed a solar system."

Now, out of whose fevered imagination Mrs. Malaprop came I cannot remember.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

6. Mrs Malaprop was a character in Richard Sheridan's

"The Rivals"

[crispini]

7. I'm crocheting a new African

courtesy of my grandma. she did make very nice africans. :)

[mykpart]

8. A friend's child came home from Sunday School singing

"peter built the church on the top of my face."

How about folks who suffer from Oldtimers Disease?

[On the Road]

9. Yes, and

"many are cold but few are frozen."

[mykpart]

11. Hail Mary, full of grapes

The Lord is a tree

[On the Road]

27. and "Gladly, the Cross-Eyed Bear"

[pagerbear]

10. "...and the dawnserly light...."

"Why don't you turn on the dawnser?"

From Beatrice and Ramona, a children's book by Beverly Cleary, the memory of which I still hold dear. All of her books were great!

[jpgray]

13. Some girls I knew thought in cold weather there was 'windshield factor'

:silly:

[xcmt]

14. The complete answer.

malapropism
1849, from Mrs. Malaprop, character in Sheridan's play "The Rivals" (1775), noted for her ridiculous misuse of large words (i.e. "contagious countries" for "contiguous countries"), her name coined from malapropos (adv.), 1668, a borrowing from Fr. mal à propos "inopportunely, inappropriately," lit. "badly for the purpose," from mal (see mal-) + proposer "propose."

Thank you eytmonline.com

[redqueen]

28. Oh bless you!

I'm bookmarking that site!

:yourock:

[MsConduct]

15. as Bob....

is my witless.

Hotter than the nubs of hell.

[ComerPerro]

16. Its starting to sound like a Bush speech in here

And, when I say that, I mean to say that I will not let this nation be held hostile by its' enemies.

[mrboba1]

25. Well, he's got at least one in every speech!

He should promote it like that!!

They won't stop until they destroy America, and neither will we!!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

17. One man's weed is another man's posie n/t

[Robb]

18. Forgot one...

...from my TA friend's wall of Student's Greatest Hits:

"I don't mind them, but I don't think homosexuals should be so fragrantly public." :D

[Beware the Beast Man]

19. Patchebelli's Canon in D

My wife, bless her- I had to inform her before our wedding that his name was Pachelbel.

[tsakshaug]

29. What?

I thought it was Taco Bell's

[bif]

20. He was 'raped over the coals"

Is one of my favorites

[PittPoliSci]

23. that one's really funny.

:-)

[SarahB]

21. Obscure one

When I was a little girl, my mom was a nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit (preemies and critically ill newborns) and I would say, "My mommy is a 'needle naval' nurse." For the longest time, I imagined her job had something to do with giving shots in people's belly buttons. :silly:

[mrboba1]

24. A bowling stone gathers no moss.

[MsConduct]

26. Shall we have some appeteasers before dinner? n/t

[lumberingbear]

30. My sisters partner's mother

said she got her lab results back and her Electric Lights were off. (Electrolytes) :-)

[VOX]

31. We should fall prostrate on our glands with gratitude...

It bugs me when prostate is called "prostrate!"

[welshTerrier2]

32. does the Pope shit in the woods?

i believe this a mix of:

is the Pope Catholic and does a bear shit in the woods ....