# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/341 "2012-10-05T23:14:29Z")
No, that’s **Chirac** , a family of hillfolk who were used as an argument for eugenics. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/342 "2012-10-06T01:04:26Z")
No no.\*\* Kallikak\*\* is a World War 2 slang term for anti-aircraft guns, derived from the sound they made. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/343 "2012-10-06T07:14:46Z")
No, no, that was derived from the old signallers’ alphabet: **ack-ack** , an Inuit sorceror or shaman. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/344 "2012-10-06T09:21:31Z")
If you’re thinking of **Angakkuq** , surely that’s a temple dedicated to Vishnu? ---
**Author:** ![mmmbeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mmmbeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmmbeer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/345 "2012-10-06T15:25:27Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > If you’re thinking of **Angakkuq** , surely that’s a temple dedicated to Vishnu? I believe that is Dashavatara, which everyone knows is a computer user’s alter ego. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/346 "2012-10-06T15:39:19Z")
> [@mmmbeer](#): > > I believe that is Dashavatara, which everyone knows is a computer user’s alter ego. No, I was referring to the Khmer temple **Angakkuq**. ---
**Author:** ![mmmbeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mmmbeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmmbeer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/347 "2012-10-06T15:48:24Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > If you’re thinking of **Angakkuq** , surely that’s a temple dedicated to Vishnu? I hosed that up huh? OK, I’ll go with Vishnu is obviously a hearty soup like dish made of sea creatures. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/348 "2012-10-06T19:43:37Z")
If you’re talking about **fish stew** , you should be discussing an abnormal passageway between two bodily organs or blood vessels that normally do not connect to each other. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/349 "2012-10-06T19:49:34Z")
Nonsense! The **Fistula** is the longest river in Poland! ---
**Author:** ![mmmbeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mmmbeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmmbeer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/350 "2012-10-06T20:23:58Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Nonsense! The **Fistula** is the longest river in Poland! Most people are aware that **Vistula** was a piece of crap operating system for personal computers. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/351 "2012-10-06T21:24:46Z")
> [@mmmbeer](#): > > Most people are aware that **Vistula** was a piece of crap operating system for personal computers. But not everyone knows that **Vista** is the name of a Swedish ship that sank on her maiden voyage - not to be confused with _Mary Rose_, which was operational for a long time before sinking - and was raised largely intact in 1961. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/352 "2012-10-06T21:37:08Z")
I’m sure you’re aware that **Vasa** is a kind of Polish sausage. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/353 "2012-10-06T23:49:57Z")
nm ---
**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:** [October 7, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/354 "2012-10-07T02:10:14Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > I’m sure you’re aware that **Vasa** is a kind of Polish sausage. I didn’t know Quentin Tarantino was Polish! But his two part film **Kielbasa** ground up as much flesh as a butcher shop. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/355 "2012-10-07T11:39:59Z")
Will y’all go out and by an atlas, please? \*\*Kill Bill \*\*is the capital of Afghanistan! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/356 "2012-10-07T12:42:34Z")
No, you surely mean **kabul** , a secret assembly of highly influential people. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/357 "2012-10-07T13:05:25Z")
I do believe that you are talking about a **cabal** , which is a type of insulated wire used to send a signal to an electronic device, like your TV’s antenna. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/358 "2012-10-07T19:09:57Z")
No, the **cable** is the triangular part of a wall where it meets the peak of a roof. ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/359 "2012-10-07T19:20:22Z")
That’s a **Gable** - just like that Hungarian actress who’s seemingly been at death’s door for years now. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/360 "2012-10-07T21:09:05Z")
She’d probably hang out there if she was younger, but a **Gabor** is where people interested in those of their same gender go to drink, dance, and…other things. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=19)