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comment by kleinbl00

"Blowing smoke up your ass" has always amused me.

I also love it when people accuse me of racism for calling a spade a spade.

But all of that pales in comparison to the wonderful world of eggcorns I discovered when I heard someone say "Don't make me your escape goat!"





am_Unition  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A few weeks ago, my girlfriend finished a sentence with "...nip it in the butt".

It still makes me giggle.

kleinbl00  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My top 3:

- Escape goat

- Old Timer's Disease

- Ontray

b_b  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm going with the Sixteenth Chapel.

kleinbl00  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I typed that into the search bar and Wiki is all "Sistine, you dumbass."

thenewgreen  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I still like "hold me closer Tony Danza.". -Does that count as an eggcorn?

kleinbl00  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·  
thenewgreen  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That is awesome. Hopefully, you complied.

nowaypablo  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·  

how much did you chuckle at yourself when you wrote that

elizabeth  ·  3676 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I quite like the phrase "for all intensive purposes"

rezzeJ  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·  
galen  ·  3675 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    "Don't make me your escape goat!"

That reminds me: I'd love to know the actual origins of get your goat. Such a great idiom!