Your mortification has brought me a very much-needed laugh. I hope that's at least some consolation.
I've been trying to decide if that'd be called a catachresis, a malapropism, or a good ol'-fashioned Freudian slip (aka parapraxis). The words for using the wrong word are the very best words of all.
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Date: 2007-10-31 10:04 pm (UTC)Yeah, they are a wee bit different...
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Date: 2007-10-31 10:06 pm (UTC)Awesome.
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Date: 2007-11-01 12:09 am (UTC)Priceless, Ann, priceless.
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Date: 2007-11-01 02:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-01 02:51 am (UTC)I've been trying to decide if that'd be called a catachresis, a malapropism, or a good ol'-fashioned Freudian slip (aka parapraxis). The words for using the wrong word are the very best words of all.
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Date: 2007-11-01 06:22 am (UTC)I figure anyone dealing with rug
munchersrats all day needs a good laugh.(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-01 10:57 am (UTC)