# 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:** 44
**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:** [December 18, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/861 "2012-12-18T18:23:29Z")
Well, yes, but climbing the **Ganges** is also far more dangerous than most wisdom seekers realize, especially right around Machu Picchu. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/862 "2012-12-18T19:51:27Z")
I don’t know what’s so dangerous about such **Andes** as Mame (played by Rosalind Russell on stage and screen) and Em (portrayed by Clara Blandick in _The Wizard of Oz_). ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/863 "2012-12-18T22:11:57Z")
Oh, I don’t know; my old man used to tell me that anything in **aunties** can be verrrry dangerous for a man… ---
**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:** [December 19, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/864 "2012-12-19T05:14:20Z")
I imagine it can be dangerous if you lived in an area where almost all abodes were mere shacks and **panties**. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/865 "2012-12-19T13:03:57Z")
It would indeed be hard to live in **shanties** – you’d drown in all that beer mixed with cider, lemonade, or other non-alcoholic beverages. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/866 "2012-12-19T15:03:28Z")
You’d probably choke if you tried to drink a pecan **shandy**. You need to chew those guys first. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/867 "2012-12-19T19:09:14Z")
Are you advocating cannibalism? Because while the elaborate clothes and affected mannerisms of 18th century **sandies** were just as douchebaggy as soul patches and skinny jeans are today, I wouldn’t say they deserved to be gnawed on, for heaven’s sake… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/868 "2012-12-19T19:51:12Z")
What’s so douchebaggy about such **Dandies** as boxing trainer Angelo and pugilist Johnny? The fact they changed their names from Angelo Mirena and Giuseppe Curreri, respectively? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/869 "2012-12-19T21:51:58Z")
I won’t comment specifically about those two, but because the **Dundees** were organized gangs of professional assassins who traveled in groups across India for several hundred years, I think the term “douchebag” is the least bad thing you can say. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/870 "2012-12-19T22:24:22Z")
Did Indians of the time use those? I thought they mostly traveled in palaquins and litters, or rode, if they were upper-class, and walked if they weren’t. Although I expect that as the Raj wore on, wealthy Indians would copy Western modes of transport, like carriages, landaus, and\*\* thuggees\*\*. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2012, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/871 "2012-12-20T04:47:55Z")
I don’t think **buggies** , also known as parakeets, would be a very wise form of transport. They’re rather small. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/872 "2012-12-20T07:18:02Z")
I’ve seen some very large **budgies** , bigger than me although not as heavy, but they’re not so much a form of transport as a means of arresting your descent from a high place. I’ve not tried it myself as I can think of safer thrills than bouncing on the end of a rubber cord! ---
**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:** [December 20, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/873 "2012-12-20T14:57:31Z")
I know Al **Bungee** scored 4 touchdowns in one game for Polk High, but I don’t think he had a rubber cord with him at the time. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/874 "2012-12-20T15:06:47Z")
Really, all these ideas being **Bundy’ed** about are making my head spin! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/875 "2012-12-20T16:48:41Z")
Maybe your head is spinning because you’re making **bandied** peaches, figs, and cherries for Christmas, and drinking the “leftover” distilled spirits so they “don’t go to waste”. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/876 "2012-12-20T20:50:59Z")
Again with the unwarranted assumptions about occupations! However much they might have imbibed at home,\*\* brandy \*\*dancers had to stay sober at work - being impaired while working around railroad cars is a good way to lose a limb. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/877 "2012-12-20T21:39:27Z")
If you have to stay sober, I guess you look for other diversions - like a nice bag of **gandy** to tickle the tastebuds at the end of a long day’s work. Yum! ---
**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:** [December 20, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/878 "2012-12-20T21:53:34Z")
A bad of **candy** sounds interesting. I’m going to open up my bag of candy and be honest and straightforward in my attitude and speech towards you. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/879 "2012-12-20T22:23:53Z")
I’d much rather open a bag of candy than my gym bag, redolent as it is with the aroma of sweaty underwear and **candid** socks. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/880 "2012-12-21T18:45:47Z")
I don’t know if I’d be willing to pay **rancid** to have my old socks returned; provided anyone was silly enough to kidnap them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=45)