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kleinbl00  ·  1695 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ennui is a disease

What you're describing are called eggcorns and they are the best thing ever. Especially as they're the common reaction of any average reality show contestant to the vocabulary of the average reality show producer. You heard "on nui" where he was saying "on my way." We had a contestant once who told everyone she wasn't going to be their "escape goat". A friend of mine overheard a producer asking a Real Housewife if she found someone else "sycophantic" and the Real Housewife responded "...yeah when janine did that thing it made me feel all sick'n'frantic..."