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Wed 15 Jan, 2003 08:13 pm
"Malapropisms"
(For those who might not know, a malapropism is
a verbal blunder in which one word is replaced by
another similar in sound but different in meaning.)
Here are a few:
He's a wolf in cheap clothing.
It was a case of love at Versailles.
He's got one of those sight-seeing dogs.
In Algiers, they spend most of their time at
the cash bar.
My sister has extra-century perception.
A fool and his money are some party.
All's fear in love and war.
Nip it in the butt.
Some viruses can lie doormat for years.
To each his zone.
Michelangelo painted the Sixteenth Chapel.
No more negotiating - it's a dumb deal.
It's a long road to hold.
All I want from you kids is a little piece of quiet.
Perforation is a rip off.
What do you call a sleepwalking nun?
A Roaming Catholic
My uncle who lives in South Boston used to have an old Irish widow as a tenant. She was a prolific malapropism utterer* although only one comes to mind;
"I have to go down to St. Augustine's rectum to see the priest."
and, from another source:
"Patience is a virgin."
* I just previewed this post and am glad that I didn't try to say, "prolific malapropism utterer" out loud! Try saying it three times fast.
Some comedian in the '60's (maybe it was Tennessee Ernie Ford?) had a routine where he told the story of Cinderella (Rindersella) in malapropisms. It was very funny. I remember that when the clock struck midnight, Rindersella slopped her dripper on a dare. (dropped her slipper on a stair)
@Region Philbis,
Very funny.
I notice the Equus post above yours.
There was a time when Arthur Godfrey on his radio show told the story of Ladle Rat Rotten Hut.
It comes from a series of stories written in the Anguish Languish...a running malapropism.
https://www.crockford.com/anguish.html#Ladle%20Rat%20Rotten%20Hut
You might enjoy it.
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