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kleinbl00  ·  3509 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is the last word you can recall learning? I just discovered the word...

Eggcorn.

"For all intensive purposes" is one I'm used to but I fell over on the floor laughing when I heard someone say "don't make me your escape goat!"

Now if you'll excuse me, these ontrays need some Holland days sauce.





thenewgreen  ·  3509 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It seems that song lyrics are full of eggcorns. Excuse me while I kiss this guy. -Hendrix Eggcorn.

Hold me closer Tony Danza. -Bernie Taupin Eggcorn.

kleinbl00  ·  3509 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Especially when listening to Elizabeth "Eggcorn" Frazier and any of her bands. Chick makes Mumbles from Dick Tracy sound like James Earl Jones.

An ex and I came up with the game of transcribing Cocteau Twins albums while on roadtrips. I found a piece of cardboard off a box of Fiddle Faddle containing the lyrics

chainsaws lend pain

Sunflowers, Sinn Fein

Let's jump along the dam

The donkey can take it

Love you cinnabon