# 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:** 48
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/941 "2013-01-08T22:12:19Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > And then when you’re done with that, you can go to the **Bering** Man festival in Nevada. (In fact, the Barents Sea, north of Archangel - not the Bering Sea over by Alaska) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/942 "2013-01-08T22:29:25Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > I don’t think you have to go to Nevada to see the movie _Weekend at **Burning** _. When it was on HBO regularly, it was available in every state in the USA. I remember that film. Cute, but can’t really say it did anything to **bernie** the reputation and advance the career of … I think his name was Jonathon Silverman? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/943 "2013-01-08T23:20:13Z")
I don’t know about reputations, but I typically **burnish** wood to seal and protect it. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/944 "2013-01-09T03:26:02Z")
Are you a magician? Because a good prestidigitator can certainly make wood **varnish** – a plank may disappear into thin air with a wave of the cape and an “Abracadabra!” ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/945 "2013-01-09T06:50:05Z")
Kings used to do that too - if they were feeling merciful they might **vanish** a criminal instead of executing him. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2013, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/946 "2013-01-09T11:53:39Z")
Sometimes they’d send them all the way to Dhaka in **Banish**. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/947 "2013-01-09T15:21:13Z")
Would they blow them all the way there using their **Bangladesh** torpedoes? ---
**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:** [January 9, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/948 "2013-01-09T21:54:02Z")
I never liked the music of the **Bangalores**. I thought “Walk Like an Egyptian” was especially obnoxious. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/949 "2013-01-10T03:40:51Z")
Yeah, I always found the song “Jingle **Bangle** Jingle” to be a bit obnoxious myself. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/950 "2013-01-10T15:05:00Z")
You don’t like the song Mr. **Jangles**? It’s a classic. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/951 "2013-01-10T17:06:13Z")
**Bojangles** is a classic all right, but it’s not a song - it’s a French wine! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/952 "2013-01-10T19:06:53Z")
While she is French and probably drinks wine, Genevieve **Beaujolais** is an actress who played Anne Boleyn in _Anne of the Thousand Days_. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/953 "2013-01-10T23:57:09Z")
Owning a\*\* Bujold\*\* drove me to drink, that’s for sure. Those damn French cars are just _weird_. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/954 "2013-01-11T04:20:28Z")
Well, you really can’t expect a car to operate very well after driving it into Washington state’s **Peugeot** Sound. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/955 "2013-01-11T13:30:13Z")
I imagine that area would be pretty **puget** on account of all the stinky dead fish and seaweed washing up on shore. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/956 "2013-01-11T18:05:53Z")
While they can be pretty stinky, at least it’s the sort of stink that does you good - a **pungent** is an ointment, balm or salve. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/957 "2013-01-11T18:10:46Z")
Celtling is doing a special report on **unguent** s for her school science class. She is absolutely fascinated by flightless birds, and the focus for this month is the ecology of Antarctica. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/958 "2013-01-11T22:08:46Z")
I don’t think you’d find many **penguin** s in Antarctica – even in Hungary, they’re not too common anymore, as they haven’t been used as currency since 1946. ---
**Author:** ![St.Barthgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@St.Barthgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Barthgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/959 "2013-01-11T22:21:29Z")
I don’t know how many Pengos i spent- but the clothes were Awesome. I bought some great Hungarian Goulashes to wear over my Boots during the Famous Midwestern Tournedos season. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/960 "2013-01-12T09:19:01Z")
> [@St.Barthgirl](#): > > I don’t know how many Pengos i spent- but the clothes were Awesome. I bought some great Hungarian Goulashes to wear over my Boots during the Famous Midwestern Tournedos season. Welcome aboard, but you’ve not quite got the idea. You’re not meant to be introducing new byways like “galoshes” and “tornadoes”, but rather spotting that “pengoes” was meant in the previous quote, and then misusing it. Thus: Currency? I don’t think a **pengo** would use currency - among the Dayaks even a chief just practises barter, unless they’re buying things with human heads! :eek: A difficult word, but Wikipedia is your friend 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=49)