# 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:** 169
**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:** [July 5, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3361 "2014-07-05T03:40:17Z")
They were planning to pull an Alice Cooper and throw live chickens into the audience, but the **Germane** Society wouldn’t let them. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3362 "2014-07-05T03:43:22Z")
I don’t really care for Alice Cooper; I prefer Eighties synth-pop groups like the **Humane** League. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3363 "2014-07-05T04:09:29Z")
**Human** Göring forever darkened the jolly fat man stereotype. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3364 "2014-07-05T04:14:21Z")
What did Ethel **Hermann** do for the “not over till the fat lady sings” stereotype, though? ---
**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:** [July 5, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3365 "2014-07-05T04:52:41Z")
I hate when **Mermans** show up at my door, asking me to join their religion. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3366 "2014-07-05T05:21:44Z")
**Mormon** Bates made me afraid to shower. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2014, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3367 "2014-07-05T05:36:24Z")
Abby **Norman** made me afraid of young Dr. Frankenstein’s creation. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3368 "2014-07-05T06:06:22Z")
V is a Roman **normal**. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3369 "2014-07-05T16:18:29Z")
Mrs. Burpo keeps telling me she had **numeral** marriage proposals before mine. (Lucky me) ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3370 "2014-07-05T16:19:50Z")
Those Roman numbers were very **numeral** in nature, not lasting very long, fleeting, and in the grand scheme of things having been totally replaced with modern numbering systems. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3371 "2014-07-05T20:31:51Z")
Many animals, including humans, exude **ephemerals** to attract a mate. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3372 "2014-07-05T20:44:09Z")
Women have been using **pheromones** since the beginning of the 20th century to keep up with the latest gossip. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3373 "2014-07-06T23:57:48Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > I never cared that much for **Cherry** Lewis, but I’d go drinking with Dean Martin. I was going for “chewing.” Back in play: And to take pictures from far away they used **telephone** lenses. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3374 "2014-07-07T01:03:39Z")
“Chewing Lewis?” :dubious: BIP: Once we’re able to **telephoto** people from place to place like in Star Trek, it will probably put the airline companies out of business. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3375 "2014-07-07T01:30:07Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > I never cared that much for **Cherry** Lewis, but I’d go drinking with Dean Martin. > [@buddha\_david](#): > > “Chewing Lewis?” :dubious: > > BIP: Once we’re able to **telephoto** people from place to place like in Star Trek, it will probably put the airline companies out of business. No. “Chewing” tobacco, which was what I posted. Not “cherry” tobacco which morphed into “Cherry Lewis” which is what **Cheshire Kat** posted. (Considering you can flavor tobacco with about anything you wanted to so going for “cherry” would have been extremely vague on my part.) BIP: Maybe the airline companies could go into live performance of plays during the flight, such as “I’m Not **Teleport** ” by Herb Gardner. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3376 "2014-07-07T01:36:19Z")
[quote=“Hoopy\_Frood, post:3375, topic:633869”] No. “Chewing” tobacco, which was what I posted. Not “cherry” tobacco which morphed into “Cherry Lewis” which is what **Cheshire Kat** posted. (Considering you can flavor tobacco with about anything you wanted to so going for “cherry” would have been extremely vague on my part.) \* Sorry, Hoopy. I like the smell of cherry tobacco, so that’s what sprang to my mind when I saw chewy. :o\* ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3377 "2014-07-07T01:41:44Z")
[quote=“CheshireKat, post:3376, topic:633869”] > [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > No. “Chewing” tobacco, which was what I posted. Not “cherry” tobacco which morphed into “Cherry Lewis” which is what **Cheshire Kat** posted. (Considering you can flavor tobacco with about anything you wanted to so going for “cherry” would have been extremely vague on my part.) > \* > Sorry, Hoopy. I like the smell of cherry tobacco, so that’s what sprang to my mind when I saw chewy. :o\* No worries. I was just clarifying. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3378 "2014-07-07T02:41:34Z")
Looks like **Hoopy Frood** and **CheshireKat** have established a friendly, easy-going **rappaport** in this thread. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3379 "2014-07-07T02:53:30Z")
Sure they get along now, but wait until the **rapports** start chasing 'em (like in Jurassic Park.) ---
**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:** [July 7, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3380 "2014-07-07T02:53:54Z")
AACCKKK, ninja’d, but easily changed so I’m good: If I had to choose, I’d take tobacco-chewing baseball players over gangsta-style **raptors** every time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=168) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=170)