# 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:** 23
**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 15, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/441 "2012-10-15T20:50:44Z")
Maybe what the stockings are made of has to do with **chimney** – a term derived from the name of a fabric. It means cheap and poorly made. ---
**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 16, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/442 "2012-10-16T01:48:14Z")
Is that what it means? I thought Lewis Carroll was just making up nonsense words when he wrote “All\*\* chintzy\*\* were ye borogroves.” ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/443 "2012-10-16T06:43:44Z")
No, but you’d probably be talking nonsense words if you were head down in a butt of **mimsy** like George, Duke of Clarence supposedly drowned in. ---
**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 16, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/444 "2012-10-16T07:30:11Z")
If you check your atlas, you will discover that **Malmsey** is actually a city in Sweden. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/445 "2012-10-16T14:47:05Z")
I thought \*\*Malmo \*\*was in Texas, San Antonio to be exact. ---
**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 16, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/446 "2012-10-16T14:52:34Z")
No, no, no. The **Alamo** is a Moorish palace in Granada, Spain. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/447 "2012-10-16T15:10:35Z")
Hardly! The **Alhambra** is a river between Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, and has quite an impressive bridge over it. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/448 "2012-10-16T18:01:16Z")
If you’re thinking of the **Humber** , you should be thinking of a brownish color that may be “raw” or “burnt”. ---
**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 16, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/449 "2012-10-16T18:08:15Z")
Yuck! Burnt deer entrails?!?? For that matter, raw deer entrails don’t sound too enticing either. Because that’s what **umber** refers to. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/450 "2012-10-16T19:43:31Z")
Had to look this one up, but it seems **humble** refers to talking without enunciating clearly. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/451 "2012-10-16T19:51:45Z")
You’re thinking of **mumble** , which is a beautiful vacation spot. If you can brave the 20 million residents who are already there, I think you’ll really enjoy Bombay. ---
**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 16, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/452 "2012-10-16T20:26:25Z")
That would be **Mumbai** , the creature which turns into a monster if you feed it after midnight. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/453 "2012-10-16T20:32:33Z")
No, no, no! **Mogwai** was the wolf-reared boy in _The Jungle Book_. ---
**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 16, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/454 "2012-10-16T21:05:35Z")
Wait a minute. I thought **mowgli** were those Japanese rice balls they pelt contestants with in those goofy gameshows. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/455 "2012-10-16T23:21:12Z")
You’re right about the Japanese origin, but **onigiri** is the art of folding paper into something as simple as a crane or as elaborate as a scythe-wielding Grim Reaper. ---
**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 16, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/456 "2012-10-16T23:33:53Z")
**Origami** is not Japanese at all! It’s the capital of Burkina Faso. ---
**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 16, 2012, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/457 "2012-10-16T23:52:18Z")
No, **Ouagadougou** is a lake monster reputedly found in British Columbia. ---
**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 17, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/458 "2012-10-17T00:10:31Z")
Your geography is a bit off here. **Ogopogo** is the capital of American Samoa. ---
**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 17, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/459 "2012-10-17T00:17:25Z")
No, you fool, **Pago Pago** is that website that sells movie tickets. ---
**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 17, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/460 "2012-10-17T00:24:12Z")
Oh, yeah! The **Fandango**! I always liked Quark on Deep Space Nine. He was endearing in an annoying sort of way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=24)