# 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:** 122
**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:** [January 30, 2014, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2421 "2014-01-30T05:01:39Z")
Shopping for pens the other day I found a bewildering number of choices; but not one of the good old _Spiros_ I remember. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2422 "2014-01-30T14:14:36Z")
One of my favorite foods is Greek **biros** , piping hot, with plenty of that sauce over the lamb and lettuce. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2423 "2014-01-30T16:48:52Z")
Are you thinking about Spyro **Gyros** that jazz fusion band? ---
**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:** [January 30, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2424 "2014-01-30T17:13:27Z")
I heard they had to cancel an appearance when the tour bus broke down with the transmission stuck in first **gyra**. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2014, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2425 "2014-01-30T17:43:58Z")
Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil is known as “The Man without **Gear** ”. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2426 "2014-01-31T04:15:22Z")
Could he also play Beethoven’s **Fear** Elise? ---
**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:** [January 31, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2427 "2014-01-31T16:51:08Z")
A long time ago, in a galaxy **fur, fur** away. . . ---
**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:** [January 31, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2428 "2014-01-31T21:47:18Z")
I started taking probiotics and now it doesn’t smell so bad when I **far**. I think it saved my marriage. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2429 "2014-02-01T03:18:59Z")
You should take your sweetie to the nearest **fart** museum. Looking at great paintings and sculpture can’t hurt relations between you, either. ---
**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 2, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2430 "2014-02-02T01:47:31Z")
Nah, the way to a woman’s heart is through her stomach. Bake her an **art** , or some other baked dish consisting of a filling over a pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2431 "2014-02-02T16:08:45Z")
I thought a **tart** was a case of criminal negligence or intentional wrongdoing resulting in harm. ---
**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:** [February 2, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2432 "2014-02-02T19:20:00Z")
If you were holed up in a **tort** , stockade or castle you could fend off just about anyone who might cause you harm. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2433 "2014-02-03T02:38:30Z")
You might be able to fend off the first, second, and third attacks, but the **fort** one might give you some issues. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2434 "2014-02-03T03:17:21Z")
I know he didn’t actually invent the automobile, but Henry **Fourth** certainly improved sales and production. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2435 "2014-02-03T04:03:20Z")
Did they buy lots of his cars in Norway? It would be nice to drive down to the nearest **ford** to see all of the craggy hills, tall pines and choppy waters. ---
**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 3, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2436 "2014-02-03T22:05:39Z")
Isn’t\*\* fjord\*\* the secret word inserted into ordinary texts by the Illuminati to get us to do their bidding? ---
**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:** [February 6, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2437 "2014-02-06T04:34:00Z")
My ex-wife frequently **fnord** while she was sleeping. The worst part was when it was so loud it would wake me up. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2438 "2014-02-06T04:42:18Z")
Mortimer \*\*Snored \*\*was Edgar Bergan’s second most-famous puppet, after Charlie McCarthy. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2439 "2014-02-06T21:23:04Z")
Are you talking about Miss Muffet’s preferred breakfast **snerds** and whey? ---
**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:** [February 7, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2440 "2014-02-07T05:21:40Z")
I don’t know if Muffet ever had any for breakfast, but Saddam Hussein no doubt would have liked to dispose of the **curds**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=121) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=123)