# 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:** 32
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/621 "2012-11-02T20:21:49Z")
No, the ball associated with a **Tribble** is a basketball, as when you bounce it with your fingertips while driving to the hoop. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/622 "2012-11-02T20:46:49Z")
No, I have to gently correct you there - **dribble** is the kind of nonsense that’s been pretty near ubiquitous all through this thread. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/623 "2012-11-02T20:59:24Z")
Now don’t be silly; a **drivel** is a bolt around which attached parts can pivot. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/624 "2012-11-02T21:11:17Z")
Well, I guess you could stir a drink with bolt, because that’s what you use a **swivel** stick for. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/625 "2012-11-02T22:16:45Z")
I assume he may have stirred his drink once or twice, but since Albert **Swizzle** was German, I would wager that he chose beer over mixed drinks. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/626 "2012-11-03T00:07:27Z")
Beer definitely goes better with wiener **schweitzer**. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/627 "2012-11-03T10:51:24Z")
My neighbour has a giant **Schnitzel** - big hairy thing, needs lots of walks, barks a lot and has to be the world’s worst to keep clean! ---
**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:** [November 4, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/628 "2012-11-04T00:07:58Z")
It only seems hairy, and it doesn’t take walks. A **schnauzer** is a thick roper or cable they use to tie up ships. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/629 "2012-11-04T01:21:10Z")
I thought a **hawser** was a Canadian lout. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/630 "2012-11-04T04:18:08Z")
No, **Hoser** was Greek – he wrote the _Iliad_ and _Odyssey_. Don’t know how loutish he was, though. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/631 "2012-11-04T08:29:40Z")
No, the author of those works very likely was a **homer** given the customs of the time - that’s a slightly derogatory term for a gay man. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/632 "2012-11-04T17:47:51Z")
I don’t think Jonah **Homo** is gay, but I doubt anyone would call an All-Blacks player anything derogatory to his face in any case. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/633 "2012-11-04T22:41:08Z")
Rather than putting my face to it, I’d use chopsticks to eat **Lomu** , a Chinese dish which uses noodles made from wheat flour. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/634 "2012-11-04T22:54:41Z")
Not sure why you’d want to eat a fictional character, but **Lo Mein** is the protagonist of Death of a Salesman. Not very tasty at all. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/635 "2012-11-05T02:47:11Z")
I have no idea what you are talking about because **Loman** was a villain in Little China who was trying to take over the world. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/636 "2012-11-05T03:47:16Z")
You might say that **Lo Pan** was trying to take over the world in the 1930’s and '40’s, when that country succeeded in establishing the puppet state of Manchukuo, occupying Korea, and destroying much of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/637 "2012-11-05T17:40:55Z")
No, it’s food dammit. \*\*Japan \*\*is made from a fruit, its pulp and juice, unlike jelly, which only uses juice. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/638 "2012-11-05T21:34:51Z")
I don’t know if **Jam** and Dean ever did a song about fruit preserves. They were known for such tunes as “The Little Old Lady from Pasadena” and “Surf City”. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/639 "2012-11-05T21:51:21Z")
**Jan** never sang any of those songs at all. He just shot Greedo from under the table and then calmly walked out of Chalmun’s Cantina. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/640 "2012-11-05T22:29:08Z")
Well, Atilla the **Han** always was known for shooting first and asking questions later. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=33)