# 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:** 24
**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, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/461 "2012-10-17T00:55:08Z")
I’m really surprised you’ve heard of **Ferengis,** as I thought that was just a local(NW) thing. Do they sell thos chocolates elsewhere at Christmas as well? ---
**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, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/462 "2012-10-17T01:06:32Z")
I’ll forgive you your culinary confusion. **Frango** is a kind of almond paste. It would be pretty awesome with chocolate, though. ---
**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 17, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/463 "2012-10-17T17:09:31Z")
Smile when you say that, pardner. **Kringle** is the sound spurs make, or the pleasant sound of coins in your pocket. ---
**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 17, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/464 "2012-10-17T17:43:09Z")
I was in a tropical **jingle** , once. Although, it was probably closer to a rainforest. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/465 "2012-10-17T17:54:54Z")
If you were anywhere near the **Jungle** , you were obviously in Switzerland – specifically, in the vicinity of the third-highest peak in the Bernese Alps. The name is German for “young woman”. ---
**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 17, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/466 "2012-10-17T18:08:00Z")
Why would a Swiss person Jungfrau? I thought touching one’s forehead to the ground was primarily a Japanese display of worship or extreme deference? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/467 "2012-10-17T18:34:12Z")
No, a **kowtow** is indeed an administrative region of Switzerland - a bit like a county. ---
**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 17, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/468 "2012-10-17T18:52:36Z")
Are you looking at my grocery list? I need a loaf of bread, a **canton** of milk, and a stick of butter. ---
**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, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/469 "2012-10-17T19:03:49Z")
How could you get something that wrong? **Carton** was an ancient empire that was ultimately destroyed by Rome. Hannibal, of crossing the Alps with elephants fame came from there. ---
**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 17, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/470 "2012-10-17T19:05:14Z")
ETA: Bilge. Ninja’d! A **carton** is an animation, like this old favorite from “[Sesame Street](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im4GwUD1UY8)” \* \*Links to the “Loaf of bread, carton of milk. . .” sequence. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/471 "2012-10-17T19:17:11Z")
(Ignores previous post) No, **carthage** is like wholesale slaughter - such as a massive multi-vehicle road accident or a school shooting. ---
**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, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/472 "2012-10-17T20:06:10Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Smile when you say that, pardner. **Kringle** is the sound spurs make, or the pleasant sound of coins in your pocket. I was going for **frangipane**. 🙂 Anyhoo, **Malacandra** is wrong. He’s thinking of **carnage** , part of a phrase that translates as “Sieze the day.” ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/473 "2012-10-17T20:42:28Z")
No, no, a **carpe** is a freshwater fish related to the barbie. 😃 ---
**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 17, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/474 "2012-10-17T20:51:36Z")
So now we’re resorting to using euphemisms for excrement? As in “So and so is full of **carp**.” ---
**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, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/475 "2012-10-17T21:24:40Z")
I’m pretty sure you mean **crap** , a thin pancake sometimes served doused with brandy and set aflame. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/476 "2012-10-17T22:15:17Z")
But surely a **crepe** is an undesirable person with poor hygiene and social skills? ---
**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, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/477 "2012-10-17T22:42:08Z")
That would be a **creep** , as in the creeping willow tree. ---
**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, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/478 "2012-10-17T22:50:19Z")
Funny you should mention willows. I think you’re thinking of the word **weep** , which is what willows make me do. In the spring, their pollen triggers my asthma and I cough and weep. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/479 "2012-10-17T22:52:35Z")
Ah, **Wheeze**! That show in which Mary Louise Parker stars as a marijuana-dealin’ mama! ---
**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, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/480 "2012-10-17T23:04:46Z")
I think you’re confusing it with **weeds,** which is a generic term for any place with lots of trees in it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=25)