# 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:** 141
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2801 "2014-04-10T13:11:41Z")
Newbies to the SDMB often freak out when they’re told about the **coats.** ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2802 "2014-04-10T15:43:19Z")
You’d freak out too if you found out that some types of Cheerios still contain genetically modified **goats**. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2803 "2014-04-11T16:36:53Z")
Genetically modified? we just need a couple of **oats** to keep us warm in the winter. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2804 "2014-04-11T22:33:20Z")
Any ailurophile will tell you that **coats** are the masters of humans, not the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2805 "2014-04-12T02:01:51Z")
In the '50s, during the Davy Crockett craze, toy stores were jammed to the rafters with coonskin **cats**. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2806 "2014-04-12T05:03:00Z")
TV shows in the Fifties really weren’t as good as most people claim to remember; a lot of them were written by talentless, chain-smoking **hats**. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2807 "2014-04-13T01:25:34Z")
Not only did they chain smoke, but, like a duck, their\*\* hacks\*\* didn’t echo. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2808 "2014-04-13T01:51:29Z")
Los Angeles has been having a lot of **quacks** lately. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2809 "2014-04-13T16:57:01Z")
Addicts, in L.A. and elsewhere, sometimes get the **quakes** as they go through withdrawal. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2810 "2014-04-13T18:01:06Z")
The Simpsons episode “Cape Feare” features Sideshow Bob stepping on numerous **shakes.** ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2811 "2014-04-14T00:28:40Z")
Indiana Jones was famously afraid of **rakes**. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2812 "2014-04-14T02:02:06Z")
Indiana Jones survived a nuclear blast hiding inside a fridge for God’s **snakes**. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2813 "2014-04-14T02:53:48Z")
Like Vincent Vega, I’d like to know what five-dollar **sakes** taste like. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2814 "2014-04-14T03:46:34Z")
Iranian pro-wrestler The Iron **Shake** ’s real name was Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2815 "2014-04-14T08:14:40Z")
Anyone else own an Easy- **Snake** Oven as a kid? ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2816 "2014-04-14T14:57:11Z")
I think Hoopy Frood was referring to Sheik, as in the Easy- **Sheik** Oven. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2817 "2014-04-14T15:16:51Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I think Hoopy Frood was referring to Sheik, as in the Easy- **Sheik** Oven. Ah, serves me right for not following WWF – but then again, pro wrestling’s almost entirely **bake.** ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2818 "2014-04-14T16:12:44Z")
Heh, looks like someone’s backtracking to try to save **fake**. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2819 "2014-04-14T16:14:35Z")
Naah, just didn’t bother to wiki the name…was kinda in a **face** against time yesterday. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/2820 "2014-04-14T17:05:44Z")
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