# help me find thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 17, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-thread/746375 "2016-02-17T20:16:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-thread/746375/1 "2016-02-17T20:16:03Z")
What SDMB thread was about malapropisms we intentionally made up on our own? I wanted to add one that I recollected today to the list. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-thread/746375/2 "2016-02-17T20:23:25Z")
> **[What are some of the funniest malapropisms you've heard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=129184)** > > I was watching Yogi Berra on a commercial and I thought I’d pose the question. What are some of the funniest malapropisms you’ve come across? I thought you all must have heard some good ones!😃 ? ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-thread/746375/3 "2016-02-17T20:29:44Z")
[Have you tried google?](https://www.google.com/search?q=malapropisms&oq=malapropisms&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i61&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#safe=off&q=site:boards.straightdope.com+malapropisms) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-thread/746375/4 "2016-02-17T20:48:32Z")
These might be along those lines: > **[I thought that was a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=461889)** > > With apologies to Black Cossacks? thread title, I couldn’t help but think of a game we used to play that started off something like: I thought a Cossack was that ankle-length garment worn by clergy and laymen in Roman Catholic churches No,... I thought that was a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ > **[The Cossack Game -- Thread #2](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=463205)** > > First word = Bomber The Cossack Game – Thread #2 ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-thread/746375/5 "2016-02-17T21:06:14Z")
It possibly could have been a thread for neologisms or portmanteau. I can’t find it with google. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-thread/746375/6 "2016-02-17T21:12:14Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > It possibly could have been a thread for neologisms or portmanteau. I can’t find it with google. Can you remember at least one instance in the thread that you could then Google? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-thread/746375/7 "2016-02-17T21:24:50Z")
We named them Malapropagation. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=664598&highlight=malapropagation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=664598&highlight=malapropagation) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=466196&highlight=malapropagation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=466196&highlight=malapropagation) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=464140&highlight=malapropagation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=464140&highlight=malapropagation) In all my years on the Board, suggesting that as the name for the game was my proudest moment! ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2016, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-thread/746375/8 "2016-02-18T05:11:17Z")
Could this be it? > **[Let's make up Biblical quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=783013)** > > Let’s make up some Biblical-sounding quotes. This exercise may be more challenging than you think. Points will be awarded for submissions in the following categories: Realism. Does it capture the ‘style’ found in a particular book? The Judgment...