# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/41 "2012-09-11T06:29:04Z")
Surely **furnace** are like wasps, only bigger? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/42 "2012-09-11T15:58:18Z")
You’re thinking of a **hornet** , which looks like a trumpet, but has different tubing and mouthpiece. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/43 "2012-09-11T16:28:21Z")
Nope - **coronet** is a brand of hairspray popular in the 1980s. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/44 "2012-09-11T17:02:34Z")
I do believe that you are thinking of an **Aqua Net** , which is an individual who remains underwater long enough to come into equilibrium with his or her breathing apparatus. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/45 "2012-09-11T18:30:35Z")
No, no - an **aquanaut** is a kind of religious hermit who shuts himself up in a cell for the rest of his life, like St Anthony the Great. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/46 "2012-09-11T19:51:26Z")
No, that’s a **ascetic** , a type of men’s scarf worn loosely knotted and tucked into the shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/47 "2012-09-11T21:53:30Z")
Sorry, you’re thinking of an **ascot** , which was where Guy Fawkes wanted to blow up the British Parliament. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/48 "2012-09-12T06:52:31Z")
[oog]I did wonder if anyone would get **anchorite**. 🙂 [/oog] ---
**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:** [September 12, 2012, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/49 "2012-09-12T07:22:24Z")
That would be an **undercroft** , who was played by Angelina Jolie in two movies adapted from a popular video game series. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/50 "2012-09-12T13:53:02Z")
I believe that you are thinking of **Laura Croft** , one of the brothers who created shows like H.R. Pufnstuf and Land of the Lost. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/51 "2012-09-12T15:12:36Z")
\*\* Marty Krofft\*\*? That’s not a name - it’s a generic term for making stuff, whether paintings or statues or pots or batik or… pretty much anything decorative really! ---
**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:** [September 12, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/52 "2012-09-12T16:30:38Z")
No no, you’re thinking of a **handicraft** , which is a crude floating platform built by the likes of Tom sawyer. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/53 "2012-09-12T19:47:07Z")
No, that’s just a **raft** , the area outside the fairway on a golf course. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/54 "2012-09-12T20:28:38Z")
Pretty sure you mean the **rough** , which is something you do in checkers after your opponent neglects a legal capture. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/55 "2012-09-12T20:49:25Z")
Right word, wrong game. You’re thinking of a **huff** , which is something you do in poker when you don’t have a good hand but bet anyway. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/56 "2012-09-12T21:05:01Z")
Close but no cigar; you are thinking of a\*\* bluff\*\*, which is a form of tobacco ingested through the nostrils. P.S. Malacandra, were you thinking of laugh? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/57 "2012-09-12T23:37:40Z")
That answer is not up to\*\* snuff\*\*, which is the finished bottom of a sleeve or pantleg. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/58 "2012-09-13T01:36:40Z")
That would be the **cuff** , a cartoon dog that appeared in anti-crime PSAs in the’80s and’90s. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/59 "2012-09-13T02:25:24Z")
Don’t you mean **McGruff**? You know, the guy that killed Macbeth. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/60 "2012-09-13T02:29:53Z")
Pardon me but I believe you are actually referring to Macduff which as anyone knows is a sharp rejection. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=4)