# 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:** 117
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2321 "2013-12-11T04:40:25Z")
What were those aliens in the comics who kept trying to subvert and take over the Earth? I guess the **Skill** didn’t have the talents needed to dominate the globe. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2322 "2013-12-11T07:50:08Z")
Well they wouldn’t - **skrull** are a low form of life fit only to be swept up by the truck-load in a whale’s mouth! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2323 "2013-12-11T14:59:21Z")
You meant **krill** , silly, which is an old-timey pen made out of a feather. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2324 "2013-12-11T15:18:04Z")
Well, former President **Quill** Clinton and his mistress Monica Lewinsky got inventive with a cigar, but not a pen, as far I as know. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2325 "2013-12-11T15:50:09Z")
I think you’re thinking of **bill** , as in Ford trucks are **bill** Ford tough. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2326 "2013-12-11T16:08:08Z")
When I was a younger man, I wore suspenders. Now it’s always a **built**. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2327 "2013-12-11T16:34:14Z")
Once I’m sure my pants are sufficiently held up, I like to have a patty **belt** and some potato chips. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2328 "2013-12-11T18:11:45Z")
In canasta, a natural or “red” \*\*melt \*\*is worth more than a mixed one. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2329 "2013-12-11T18:26:24Z")
And coins which are **meld** are often worth more than coins that aren’t - because historically they were made of more valuable metal and had to be marked so they could not be shaved. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2330 "2013-12-12T14:42:18Z")
I don’t think the Federation used actual coins, but if Spock did a mind **milled** with the Secretary of the Treasury I bet he could learn all kinds of interesting stuff. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2331 "2013-12-12T18:21:43Z")
And lo, Paul Bunyan **meld** the mighty tree with one swing of his ax. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2332 "2013-12-12T18:41:56Z")
You know Paul Bunyan’s just a story, right? Like the mice who would’ve **felled** the cat. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2333 "2013-12-12T18:43:36Z")
I always enjoyed Batman teaming up with other superheroes in \*The Brave and The **Belled** \*comic books as a kid. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2334 "2013-12-13T19:30:07Z")
Batman’s cape always looks so impressive billowing in the wind and all. I wonder how big of a **bold** of material he needed to sew it. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2335 "2013-12-13T19:42:44Z")
Probably not as much as you’d need if you were trying to cover a pony or **bolt**. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2336 "2013-12-13T22:27:45Z")
Maybe enough to make a **colt** like they wear in Scotland. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2337 "2013-12-13T23:46:03Z")
Was King Arthur Scottish? All I remember is that he had to free a sword that was buried in a stone all the way up to its\*\* kilt\*\*. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2338 "2013-12-14T01:32:35Z")
Why was the Scotsman remembered for once being intimate for a sheep, rather than for the fine stone wall that he **hilt**? ---
**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:** [December 16, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2339 "2013-12-16T05:35:12Z")
Hal Briston might know the answer to that one, though it probably has something to do with his **built** being too lose so his kilt kept slipping off his waist. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2340 "2013-12-16T13:35:04Z")
Ah, the **belt**! The wide, open, grazing areas of Southern Africa. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=116) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=118)