# Malapropagation 2012 -- Revenge of the Schtick **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 6, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869 "2012-09-06T17:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [September 6, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1 "2012-09-06T17:19:32Z")
This is the SDMB version of a game sometimes called “The Cossack Game” or “I Thought That Was…” The object is to misuse a word or phrase so that the next poster can (humorously) correct you and, in turn, misues their own word. For example: **Atrocity** is a fancy word for speed. No, you’re thinking of **velocity** , which is the measure of a liquid’s ability to flow freely. Sorry, but **viscosity** is claiming to be one thing, while acting another way. Wrong, **hypocracy** is the oath doctors take. . . Anything is fair game, proper names, scientific terms, non-English words. As long as you can play off the previous post, and someone can play off you, all’s fair. Starting off, I’m playing games on my Nintendo **Wheel**. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2 "2012-09-06T21:24:16Z")
You’re thinking of **Wii** , which a nice kind of French Cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3 "2012-09-06T23:37:09Z")
Nooo! You’re thinking of **Brie** , which is an unwieldy aquatic animal that’s affectionately referred to as the sea cow. ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/4 "2012-09-07T01:01:32Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Nooo! You’re thinking of **Brie** , which is an unwieldy aquatic animal that’s affectionately referred to as the sea cow. That’s not right. A \*\*manatee \*\*is the daytime showing of a movie or play, usually for a discounted price. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/5 "2012-09-07T03:11:37Z")
I believe you’re thinking of a **matinee** , but that’s the guy you have to slip some money to at a fancy restaurant if you want a good table, or perhaps any table at all if you show up without a reservation. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/6 "2012-09-07T03:24:37Z")
Wrong, clearly you’re referring to a _ **maitre d’** _ which is when you have more than half of something. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/7 "2012-09-07T14:16:06Z")
It’s clear you’ve never been to a fancy restaurant if you think they’d serve **majority** instead of real butter. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/8 "2012-09-07T17:12:39Z")
**Margarine** isn’t a fancy restaurant … they serve the food in the military! ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/9 "2012-09-08T14:53:12Z")
I think you’re confusing it with **Mess Hall** , which is a distilled beverage made from the maguey plant. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/10 "2012-09-08T15:11:50Z")
No, that’s **mezcal** , which is an intermediate floor between main floors of a building. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/11 "2012-09-08T15:17:36Z")
Wait? **Mezzanine**? No way, that’s a type of a periodical. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/12 "2012-09-08T20:03:03Z")
Magazine? No, that’s a fruit, kinda like a peach only not fuzzy. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/13 "2012-09-08T20:07:20Z")
No, you’re thinking of a **nectarine** , which is a race where the competitors are tied. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/14 "2012-09-09T01:51:37Z")
My grandma never ran a race in her life, but she had a bunch of \*\*neck and necks \*\*on every table, shelf and flat surface in her home. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/15 "2012-09-09T03:14:58Z")
No, as any New Yorker worth his or her salt could tell you, **Knick-knacks** is the formal name of the Big Apple’s NBA team. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/16 "2012-09-09T06:50:26Z")
No, that would be the **Knickerbockers** , which is a kind of magician who raises the dead as his servants. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/17 "2012-09-09T06:50:43Z")
Maybe you’ve got a thing for explosions, because **Necromancers** are really the active ingredient in dynamite. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/18 "2012-09-09T07:39:06Z")
No, you’re thinking of **nitroglycerine** , which is what makes Jell-o set and is refined from calves’ toenails. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/19 "2012-09-09T08:08:31Z")
I protest! You are clearly thinking of **gelatin** , something real or authentic. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2012, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/20 "2012-09-09T09:39:59Z")
No, that would be **genuine** , a drink made by mixing neutral grain spirits flavored with juniper berries into fermented grape juice. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=2)