Malpropisms: What Have You Heard ..or Said?

Just Be

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Not long after 9/11, I asked my grandmother what her take on the whole thing was. She said that.. "The initial event was bad enough but now we need to watch out for that amtracks stuff."
 

Snoopy808

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Said one boss " im smart but no allen einstein "
Said same boss "i used to be jr. golden gloves. I coulda been like Franklin Muhammad Ali"
Said same boss [in reference to the California king snake versus the coral snake] ...."so when red touches red, jacks a dead fellow"....

In 8th grade a fat bully named "Roger" Bateman was picking on a nerd in shop class."Roger" Bateman shouted call me Master! The nerds friend was quick with the Master Bateman call out. Ruined the bullys moment.
 

Maximus Decimus

Active Member
Not a typical first post but I'm high and want to chime in.
All too often I hear, "that's a mute point".
Brother in law that said perserk instead of berserk.
My 15 year old still says liberry instead of library.
I regularly and purposely say Herbie Hancock instead of John Hancock, I'm no rocket surgeon, Alfred or Alvin Einstein, and in a group of people I occasionally make grotesquely wrong math calculations out loud to see if anyone notices.
For example, someone says, "that was 3,000 pounds of bud", I would say, "that's like....... 8.5 tons"!
For context, I work alongside a LOT of incredibly brilliant degreed professionals and they know I'm not an idiot. I just like doing it to see their reactions and make them wonder if I'm some kind of idiot servant.
 

Just Be

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Not a typical first post but I'm high and want to chime in.
All too often I hear, "that's a mute point".
Brother in law that said perserk instead of berserk.
My 15 year old still says liberry instead of library.
I regularly and purposely say Herbie Hancock instead of John Hancock, I'm no rocket surgeon, Alfred or Alvin Einstein, and in a group of people I occasionally make grotesquely wrong math calculations out loud to see if anyone notices.
For example, someone says, "that was 3,000 pounds of bud", I would say, "that's like....... 8.5 tons"!
For context, I work alongside a LOT of incredibly brilliant degreed professionals and they know I'm not an idiot. I just like doing it to see their reactions and make them wonder if I'm some kind of idiot servant.
I do what you do with math calculations but with common names: Morgan Friedman, Bill and Hillary Plimpton, Fred Sansford, Ed Clampet of the Beverly Willbuys, Andy Griffin etc
 

JohnGlennsGarden

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Not a typical first post but I'm high and want to chime in.
All too often I hear, "that's a mute point".
Brother in law that said perserk instead of berserk.
My 15 year old still says liberry instead of library.
I regularly and purposely say Herbie Hancock instead of John Hancock, I'm no rocket surgeon, Alfred or Alvin Einstein, and in a group of people I occasionally make grotesquely wrong math calculations out loud to see if anyone notices.
For example, someone says, "that was 3,000 pounds of bud", I would say, "that's like....... 8.5 tons"!
For context, I work alongside a LOT of incredibly brilliant degreed professionals and they know I'm not an idiot. I just like doing it to see their reactions and make them wonder if I'm some kind of idiot servant.
I do what you do with math calculations but with common names: Morgan Friedman, Bill and Hillary Plimpton, Fred Sansford, Ed Clampet of the Beverly Willbuys, Andy Griffin etc
Ha! I had forgotten how much I used to love switching athletes' names up to fuck with my sports nut brother.
 

Just Be

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Said one boss " im smart but no allen einstein "
Said same boss "i used to be jr. golden gloves. I coulda been like Franklin Muhammad Ali"
Said same boss [in reference to the California king snake versus the coral snake] ...."so when red touches red, jacks a dead fellow"....
Why the phrase "Like a boss" ever became so popular is beyond me. Most bosses that I've had were total jackasses.
 
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