ext_48799: (Peas and rice!)
ext_48799 ([identity profile] pandonkey.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] phosfate 2007-11-01 02:51 am (UTC)

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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