malaprop

• “The word “leader” is supposed to be a superlative, and not a malaprop or a sick joke.”

  So. Eric Massa is retiring. Eric. Massa. | RedState

• “Well, Howard Waldrop is the greatest malaprop short story writer of our time.”

  Did You Ever Have One of Those Ideas? at SF Novelists

• “But perhaps the prize for malaprop words of the year should go to Texas congressman and oil industry beneficiary Joe Barton, who apologized to BP for the compensation fund as a shakedown.”

  NPR: Politicians Suffering From 'Foot In Mouth' Disease

• “There she is again, beaming in front of the cameras last week, the malaprop-spouting Minnesota Republican who led thousands of angry tea-bag marchers on the steps of the nation's Capitol to protest health care reform.”

  Mario Ruiz: Michele Bachmann and David Koch: Strange Bedfellows

• “Messina says, I found the inspiration for the book in chapter eleven, when malaprop-prone Amy calls her Aunt March ‘a regular samphire.’”

  Monster Mashups « educating alice

• “A malaprop (according to my trusty keyboard-worn Apple Dictionary Version 2.0.2) is a noun.”

  Steven Weber: Dick Cheney: We Done Him Wrong

• “Eagerly awaiting the Allen malaprop moment: "A rose between a towelhead and a dyke" perhaps?”

  Thompson Co-Chairs Include George Allen ��� And Dick Cheney's Daughter

• “Intensive purposes", of course a malaprop as used here, nevertheless makes sense in a Yogi Berra kind of way: I mean could it be that the reason Obamessiah has no sense of humor is that his purposes are so intensive?”

  The Wit and Humor of Barack Obama.

• “Of course, I got “when ducks cry”, but I also thought that “malaprop” might be “what it sounds like when ducks cry”.”

  malaprop | clusterflock

• “Try to figure that one out...although I have to admit it was "fair and balanced" in the sense that it was fairly balanced between a malaprop, a double-negative and just plain gibberish.”

  Dana Milbank would like Sarah Palin to stop fighting and accept defeat graciously.

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