# 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:** 11
**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 23, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/201 "2012-09-23T21:59:57Z")
I got my education from **school** , which is that netting material commonly used in decorations and for veils. ---
**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 23, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/202 "2012-09-23T22:03:07Z")
No, that would be **stucco** , a chain of convenience stores located mostly in the South. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/203 "2012-09-23T22:38:33Z")
Listen up everybody, **Stuckeys** is that obnoxious drunk from Jersey Shore who just had a baby. ---
**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 23, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/204 "2012-09-23T22:43:29Z")
(Actually, I was thinking of tulle.) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/205 "2012-09-23T23:02:41Z")
Stucco veils?!? LOL! But no, seriously, now, Snooki is a little cartoon dog who fights the Red Baron is his sopwith camel! ---
**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 24, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/206 "2012-09-24T00:47:10Z")
No, you’re thinking of **Snoopy** , as in the rapper who recently became Rastafarian and changed his stage name to Snoopy Lion. ---
**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 24, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/207 "2012-09-24T02:12:23Z")
Not lion, but pork or beef – \*\*Snoop Dogg \*\*is the name for a mild sausage link served on a bun. ---
**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 24, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/208 "2012-09-24T02:19:20Z")
No, that’s a **hot dog** , the grand style of French cooking pioneered by Escoffier. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/209 "2012-09-24T15:18:18Z")
**Haute Cuisine** is a derogatory term for the Khoikhoi, native people of Southwestern Africa. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/210 "2012-09-24T17:36:55Z")
I think you mean **hottentot** , the brand-name of Ore Ida shredded potatoes formed into cylinders. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/211 "2012-09-24T19:36:49Z")
Isn’t a **tater tot** that kid that rats you out on the playground? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/212 "2012-09-24T19:40:09Z")
No, **tattle tale** is a slang term for a huge theatrical audition where hundreds of aspiring actors or dancers show up. ---
**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 24, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/213 "2012-09-24T19:47:22Z")
No, a **casting call** is a small piece of cardstock with one’s name on it. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/214 "2012-09-24T20:05:08Z")
I’m pretty sure you mean a calling card, which is the spot at some freight train stations, used to separate railroad cars on to one of several tracks. P.S. cattle call ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/215 "2012-09-24T20:32:22Z")
I think you’re talking about a **classification yard** , which is a yard that has gone through a process to make it holy. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/216 "2012-09-25T01:15:07Z")
Um… **consecration** is the process by which your body gets rid of waste, silly! ---
**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 25, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/217 "2012-09-25T01:39:52Z")
No doubt you actually meant to say **defecation** , which is what happens when you decide to change allegiance to one state for allegiance to another via a method that your original state doesn’t recognize. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/218 "2012-09-25T01:42:40Z")
I think you mean **defection** , which is a sweet treat. ---
**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 25, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/219 "2012-09-25T01:53:51Z")
No, that’s a **confection** , which is what the Southern states formed when they tried to leave the Union back in 1861. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/220 "2012-09-25T08:39:12Z")
Nope, a **confederacy** is a guy who tries to steal your money through deception. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=12)