"The Reader's Digest" has highlighted numerous memorable malapropisms, including one that concerned the boxer, Mike Tyson. When he came off worse in a bout in 2002, a reporter asked him where he went from here. Tyson replied, “I might just fade into Bolivian.”
George W. Bush amassed dozens of malapropisms during his time in The White House including this famous one: “We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.” Ahem! Surely you meant "hostage" Dubya!
Regarding the word "bigly" that will forever be associated with Trump, back in 2016 before his fake presidency began, he said to Hillary Clinton, "I'm going to cut taxes bigly, and you're going to raise taxes bigly." It is believed that what he meant to say was "Big League" but obviously he had never listened carefully to that term and may never have seen it written down.
As I was telling JayCee, the other day I heard a presenter on the prestigious "Today" programme on BBC Radio 4 refer to "the climbing crisis" in an item on the environment and COP28 - currently taking place in Dubai. I guess there's a climbing crisis because the world is running out of ropes!
Have you got any remembered malapropisms to shear?
I know I've heard many in my time covering politicians but for the light of me, I can't remember a sincere won.
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DeleteYou should have been a stand-up comedian Bruce!
DeleteI did a small unit on humor with the kids. We looked at the different types of humor. Malapropism was certainly one of them.
ReplyDeleteDon't you mean a eunuch on humour?
DeleteI find it especially fun when someone of ALLEGED intelligence, or a person in some form of power, misspeaks or just plain doesn't know what they're saying..
ReplyDeleteI think of Dan Quayle and potatoes!
DeleteI have none that I can remember, but I do like these ones:)
ReplyDeleteI bet Jack has provided a few.
DeleteI hate hearing people talk about mute points.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, I have heard that too.
DeleteI can't remember any of the many I used to know.
ReplyDeleteI hope that this is not the first sign of dementia!
DeleteJesus healing the Leopards. I think they meant Lepers.
ReplyDeleteNo - leopards - because of the spots!
DeleteSo many people say " off your own BACK", when it should be BAT!
ReplyDeleteThat's not cricket!
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ReplyDeleteI agree with every word you said Meike!
Delete"The big boss" where I used to work got all the staff together to announce the successful conclusion of a really important deal. I had to look down at the floor when he declared that it was "the most difficult negotiation in which I have NEVER participated"! To be fair, he was Italian though!
ReplyDeleteThat's a good one! Thanks for sharing it Treaders.
DeleteOh, and I realiize my comment wasn't a malapropism - but it tickled me anyway!
ReplyDeleteNo. I think it IS a malapropism.
DeleteYou have forgotten Hylda Baker. I can say that without fear of contraception.
ReplyDeleteUsing the wrong words are always good for a laugh - as long as it's not yourself making them!
ReplyDeleteWell, thank you. I am flattened that you were inspired by my bog post.
ReplyDeleteJust the other day I told some kid he was "flaunting" the library rules -- when I meant "flouting." Fortunately he didn't catch it.
ReplyDeleteI have made many myself when listening to song lyrics. For example, for decades, I thought Manfred Mann was saying, "Wrapped up like a douche," in his song Blinded By the Light.
ReplyDeleteA tv show here that began in the 1970s had a star cast member using many malapropisms. That'd be Dorrie Evans in Number 96. I do them for fun at times.
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