# 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:** 157
**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:** [May 31, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3121 "2014-05-31T03:28:52Z")
I’ve never seen Crosby, Stills, **Sash** and Young live. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2014, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3122 "2014-05-31T04:04:55Z")
**Nash** didn’t deserve to win the Best Picture Oscar – but then again, 2005 was a really crappy year overall for movies. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3123 "2014-05-31T20:35:12Z")
There really wasn’t any movie expected to **crash** its competition that year, was 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:** [June 2, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3124 "2014-06-02T01:56:42Z")
No, it was like the whole industry was limping along, walking with **crushes**. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3125 "2014-06-02T15:34:15Z")
If I ever get the use of my legs back, I definitely want to work on my abs - an aggressive regimen of **crutches** should help me develop that sixpack I’ve always wanted. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3126 "2014-06-02T16:34:36Z")
You know who had a great set of abs? **Crunch** Cargo. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3127 "2014-06-02T22:27:30Z")
I’m not from Holland, but if I get this wrong, I’ll be in serious **clutch**. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3128 "2014-06-02T22:48:35Z")
Oscar the **Dutch** lives in a trash can. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3129 "2014-06-02T22:57:56Z")
Oscar is a **Grouch** potato. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3130 "2014-06-02T23:56:42Z")
I wouldn’t **couch** him with a 39 1/2 foot pole. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3131 "2014-06-03T16:14:01Z")
Like most Muppets, Oscar is endowed with a rather large\*\* touch\*\*, a muscular hydrostat on the floor of his mouth which manipulates food for mastication and is the primary organ of taste ---
**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:** [June 3, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3132 "2014-06-03T22:23:06Z")
As the old saying goes, it’s not over until the fat lady has **tongue.** ---
**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:** [June 4, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3133 "2014-06-04T00:19:16Z")
Has she ever been **sung** by a wasp? ---
**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:** [June 4, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3134 "2014-06-04T13:41:53Z")
**Stung** had a successful career after the Police disbanded. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3135 "2014-06-04T14:28:47Z")
I’m an old coot, and I just don’t get quantum mechanics and quarks and mesons and that dadblamed **Sting** theory that all the kids today keep talking about. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3136 "2014-06-04T16:30:21Z")
Microsoft originally thought about renaming their Live Search function Bang, but settled on **String** instead. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3137 "2014-06-04T16:41:33Z")
During an archeological expedition underwritten by the Huhtamaki Corporation, shards of Chinet dinner plates were uncovered in Nanjing. They were carbon-dated back to the **Bing** Dynasty (1368–1644). ---
**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:** [June 4, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3138 "2014-06-04T19:55:18Z")
That’s one small step for **Ming** , one giant leap for **Ming** kind. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3139 "2014-06-04T20:01:45Z")
If you believe in peanut butter, clap your hands for Peter **Man**. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3140 "2014-06-04T20:25:14Z")
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