# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/381 "2012-10-09T15:01:19Z")
No, surely **Don Ho** was the Lone Ranger’s sidekick? ---
**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 9, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/382 "2012-10-09T18:57:20Z")
No, **Tonto** was Dorothy’s dog in The Wizard of Oz. ---
**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 9, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/383 "2012-10-09T19:11:17Z")
Wrong again, dumbies. The **Toto** is an extinct bird as in dumb as a… ---
**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 9, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/384 "2012-10-09T19:35:37Z")
You’re making me blush! A **dodo** is a sex toy! ---
**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:** [October 9, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/385 "2012-10-09T20:49:44Z")
Sex toy? I highly doubt they would have been handing out **dildo** in Kindergarten when it was time to build things out of modeling clay. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/386 "2012-10-09T20:56:24Z")
You were introduced to **Play-Doh** in kindergarten? I didn’t read that philosopher’s _Apology_ until I was in high school! ---
**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 9, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/387 "2012-10-09T20:58:01Z")
Kindergarten is a lot more intense than it used to be if they’re talking about Greek philosophers like **Play-Doh!** ETA: Beaten to the punch. Oh well, play on. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/388 "2012-10-09T22:08:35Z")
**Plato**? Mrs M. wishes we were rich enough to shop there, though I can take or leave Italian shoes and accessories myself. ---
**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 9, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/389 "2012-10-09T22:10:13Z")
Never mind. Beaten by **Malacandra**! ---
**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 9, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/390 "2012-10-09T22:16:33Z")
I thought **Prada** was a Commie newspaper. ---
**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 9, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/391 "2012-10-09T22:59:39Z")
Isn’t **Pravda** the Chief god of Zoroastrianism? ---
**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:** [October 10, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/392 "2012-10-10T02:05:38Z")
I don’t think so. I’m pretty sure **Mazda** was something this goy ate a few times around Passover 'cause it was there. ---
**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 10, 2012, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/393 "2012-10-10T07:48:11Z")
Although it would probably qualify, **matzo** is actually a term describing a not-shiny surface. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/394 "2012-10-10T08:40:42Z")
I thought a **matte** was a snooty guy in a fancy restaurant who refuses to give you a table EVEN THOUGH there are clearly empty ones available and anyway what the hell was wrong with my tie? It was a perfectly nice one that my mother gave me for my birthday. Jerk. ---
**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 10, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/395 "2012-10-10T13:46:39Z")
Wait, you’re talking about **Maitre d’** , right? The rusty pickup truck from the Cars movies? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/396 "2012-10-10T14:25:06Z")
Tow 'Mater what a character! He can haul huge amounts of cargo over the ocean; that rusty bucket is a real boon to global commerce. ---
**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 11, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/397 "2012-10-11T00:26:53Z")
No, there are three \*\*demeters \*\*- length, width and depth ---
**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 11, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/398 "2012-10-11T01:11:12Z")
Oh man, I used to love Dr.\*\* Dimension.\*\* He had that radio show where he played all those goofy songs. Good times. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/399 "2012-10-11T01:58:08Z")
You’re confusing it with **Demento** , the movie starring Guy Pearce and Joe Pantoliano. ---
**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 11, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/400 "2012-10-11T12:40:08Z")
Now you’re talking about **memento** , which is a red pepper that’s often stuffed into an olive. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=21)