Here are a few more malapropisms for you: Amazon review about a solar shower for camping: “When ever we left the water up to warm up, the squirrels would conjugate around it.” Collected by Small from a NextDoor post: A woman reported a car break-in and described what had been stolen. “Nothing but the floor mats! Granite there was nothing else worth taking.” Another NextDoor post: “My baby kitten joey … started getting really skiddish.” […]
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A gathering of words
More Fun with Words
You know from past posts that I collect quotations, mixed metaphors and malapropisms. It’s been ages since I updated my list. Here are some of the recent wonders I’ve had the pleasure of stumbling upon. Book review on Amazon Suddenly she sees the girl, now a rich, beautiful socialist (every thing Claire wants to be) and suddenly plots her revenge. Etsy review Packaged fairly well, arrived in a timely manor. Facebook post RIP in peace. […]
Read moreDay 9: Inertia
I wrote too much yesterday so I’ve run dry. Today is hard. I can’t think of anything new to do. Spent additional time with tech support people on chat this morning, and they finally got my blog’s back-end behaving again. Almost. But of course things are going to get a lot harder before they get easier. And I am, every hour of every day, well aware how lucky I am in so many ways, not […]
Read morePhantoms, Jesters & Elephants
I’ve been saving up a bunch more malapropisms and other silly quotes and keeping them on a “Sticky” on my laptop. Now it’s time to immortalize them on Bloggy. My mother, name of “Small,” has sent me a few that she’s stumbled upon: “Let’s hope that it is not a case of sore grapes.” —Scottish broadcaster Alan Brazil “I resent your insinuendos!” —Mayor Richard Daley There was the woman who, without qualifications, skill or humor, […]
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