# 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:** 182
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3621 "2014-08-07T02:36:59Z")
Nixon came from small-town California during the Great Depression, and although he was hardly cosmopolitan, I wouldn’t have called him a **pick**. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3622 "2014-08-07T02:45:39Z")
It usually takes more than eight ounces of liquor to give you the **hick** s, which some say can be cured by a good scare. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3623 "2014-08-07T02:56:27Z")
There’s a constant debate among guitar players over single-coil or humbucking **hiccups**. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3624 "2014-08-07T03:11:09Z")
Hands in the air – this is a **pickup!** ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3625 "2014-08-07T13:20:52Z")
Even if someone had taken all my money at gunpoint, at least the mustard and **stickup** at McDonald’s wouldn’t cost me anything. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3626 "2014-08-07T13:47:11Z")
**Ketchup** is a Yiddish word often used to complain about the number of pumpkin seeds chucked into your pie. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3627 "2014-08-07T15:14:34Z")
Jack **Kvetch** was an infamous English executioner. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3628 "2014-08-07T15:35:14Z")
I’m sorry, there’s just one **Ketch**. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3629 "2014-08-07T16:03:45Z")
I’ve seen a lot of art I’d describe as **catch** : low-brow, mass-produced art using cultural icons but not a lot of taste or style. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3630 "2014-08-07T16:08:18Z")
Fill your wagon with tchotchkes and **kitsch** it to a star. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3631 "2014-08-07T17:32:30Z")
Batten down the **hitch** es, a storm’s a-brewin’! ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3632 "2014-08-07T19:05:14Z")
To keep warm during the storm I’ll let you borrow my **hatches** to chop some firewood. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3633 "2014-08-07T22:30:40Z")
Louise Fletcher was just scary as Nurse **Hatchet** in, “Cuckoo’s Nest.” ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3634 "2014-08-08T00:22:27Z")
You can’t call yourself a mechanic or a handyman if you don’t have a **ratched** wrench with a lot of sockets. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3635 "2014-08-08T00:37:39Z")
When you make peace with someone, it’s known as burying the **ratchet.** ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3636 "2014-08-08T00:44:50Z")
Everybody sing! “From **Hatchet** to Mobile, from Memphis to St. Joe, Wherever the four winds blow…” ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2014, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3637 "2014-08-08T03:24:54Z")
\*\*Natchez \*\*cheese dip can be commonly found in sports bars, stadiums & movie theaters. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3638 "2014-08-08T04:01:49Z")
America had George Washington; Mexico had **Nacho** Villa. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3639 "2014-08-08T19:42:59Z")
I think Benito Juarez would be a better analogue to Washington; he was the Mexican republic’s first noteworthy head **pancho** , and an honorable man. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/3640 "2014-08-08T21:16:54Z")
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