# 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:** 111
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2201 "2013-11-09T08:12:48Z")
He made lots of enemies though - best dealt with by retiring to your castle wall and dropping things on them through the **machiavelli** s. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2202 "2013-11-09T16:38:27Z")
Who was the cartoon character who was always saying ā€œHeavens to **murderholes** ,ā€ anyway? He didnā€™t have a castle, at least as far as I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2203 "2013-11-09T17:55:08Z")
Do you suppose Snagglepuss plays \*\*Murgatroyd \*\*on his Android, or is he into platform games like that? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2204 "2013-11-10T08:56:29Z")
( **Machicolations** , but weā€™ve moved on now) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2205 "2013-11-10T19:55:20Z")
(Mine worked, though!: [Murder hole - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderhole)) ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2206 "2013-11-10T20:49:43Z")
(Basically the same thing, but oneā€™s a lot closer to ā€œMachiavelliā€ as a word.) ---
**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:** [November 10, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2207 "2013-11-10T21:51:39Z")
Does he use a **metroid** to keep time as he plays the piano? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2208 "2013-11-10T22:02:44Z")
[Ah, and **Megatroid** is a best-selling Android app game, butā€¦] ---
**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:** [November 11, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2209 "2013-11-11T01:51:16Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Does he use a **metroid** to keep time as he plays the piano? Arenā€™t they going to tear down the\*\* Metronome\*\* in Minnesota and build a new stadium? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2210 "2013-11-11T04:03:10Z")
Dunno. I wonder if Superman could fly in from **Metrodome** to fix it with his heat vision or something? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2211 "2013-11-11T07:56:03Z")
Provided he wasnā€™t too busy playing **Metropolis** , the game where you try to bankrupt all the opposition. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2212 "2013-11-11T15:21:51Z")
I have been happily married to the same woman for many years and am thus a longtime practitioner of **Monopoly**. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2213 "2013-11-11T15:40:01Z")
Every day itā€™s the same old, same old. If it wasnā€™t for the occasional zombie uprisings and alien invasions, I think Iā€™d die of the **monogamy**. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2214 "2013-11-11T16:01:45Z")
Isnā€™t **Monotony** the name of a state just north of Wyoming and Idaho? ---
**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:** [November 11, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2215 "2013-11-11T16:03:45Z")
I bet **Montana** could kill you if it falls on you, thatā€™s some heavy timber youā€™re talking about there. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2216 "2013-11-11T16:40:48Z")
And if it does Iā€™ll bet you wonā€™t be expressing any thanks, gratitude, admiration, praise, esteem, regards, respects or any of the other emotions attributed to the Hawaiian word ā€œ **Mahogany**.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2217 "2013-11-12T04:06:25Z")
I hear the girls on _Sex and the City_ are always going on and on about their **Mahalo** Blahnik shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2218 "2013-11-12T08:14:10Z")
Arenā€™t they made cheaply in the Third World - probably **Manolo** in the Philippines or somewhere like that? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2219 "2013-11-12T13:15:17Z")
I like chocolate, but my grandson prefers **manila**. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2220 "2013-11-12T15:58:38Z")
I get really uncomfortable when little kids use words for parts of the female anatomy like labia, clitoris and **vanilla**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=112)