# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/101 "2012-09-15T18:56:49Z")
Oh no! **“Cottage industry”** is a euphemism used by (mainly British) homosexuals seeking casual encounters in public conveniences! :eek: ---
**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:** [September 15, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/102 "2012-09-15T19:24:25Z")
Are you talking about **cottaging,** which is a kind of disgusting curdled dairy product? ---
**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 16, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/103 "2012-09-16T02:56:53Z")
I’ll grant you the British, disgusting and curdled, but \*\*Cottage Cheese \*\*is actually a fictional character created by Sacha Baron Cohen who was da voice of da yoof. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2012, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/104 "2012-09-16T09:54:24Z")
I think you mean **Ali G** which is an overreaction of the body’s immune system to certain substances. ---
**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 16, 2012, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/105 "2012-09-16T10:32:01Z")
No, that’s an **allergy** , as in the classic astronomical text by Ptolemy. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/106 "2012-09-16T13:31:38Z")
Would that be the _ **Almagest** _? No, probably not, because that’s how a college graduate refers fondly to the institution where he studied. It’s also the term for a song used to express devotion to said institution. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/107 "2012-09-16T16:21:07Z")
Agreed that **alma mater** is a devotional song, it’s one that describes the grief of the Virgin Mary on seeing her Son crucified. ---
**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 16, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/108 "2012-09-16T21:08:55Z")
I believe you’re thinking of a **stabat mater** , which is a device one inserts coins into in order to pay for use of a public parking space. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/109 "2012-09-16T22:16:01Z")
Alas, this **parking meter** of which you speak is actually a type of coffee maker that was widely used before drip machines like Mr. Coffee became popular. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/110 "2012-09-16T22:24:33Z")
That’s a **percolator** , an 18th century Italian composer who wrote a famous **alma mater** 😉 ---
**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 16, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/111 "2012-09-16T22:25:07Z")
A **percolator**? No, my friend, that’s a person who performs a narrative piece using marionettes or dummies into which the hand is inserted. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/112 "2012-09-16T22:27:51Z")
I’m pretty sure **Pergolesi** is a board game. ---
**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 17, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/113 "2012-09-17T00:39:46Z")
No, **parcheesi** is a city in upstate New York. ---
**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 17, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/114 "2012-09-17T00:57:23Z")
To be precise,\*\* Poughkeepsie\*\*, the archrival of Coca Cola, is headquartered in Purchase, New York. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/115 "2012-09-17T01:35:45Z")
I’m pretty sure that **Pepsi** is a disease that causes seizures. ---
**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 17, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/116 "2012-09-17T01:45:35Z")
Sorry to butt in but I believe you mean epilepsy which is a neurotransmitter that is responsible for all those human interest stories we hear about mothers lifting crashed cars off their children and other examples of extreme strength or endurance in high-stress situations. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2012, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/117 "2012-09-17T06:47:24Z")
Surely you don’r mean **Epinephrine** who wrote _Sleepless in Seattle_ ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/118 "2012-09-17T07:20:27Z")
No, **Nora Ephron** is that guy in the High School Musical movies. ---
**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 17, 2012, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/119 "2012-09-17T07:31:48Z")
Isn’t that **Zac Efron** , as in the famed explorer Zacefron Pike? ---
**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:** [September 17, 2012, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/120 "2012-09-17T10:22:42Z")
I thought a **Zebulon** was one of an invasive species of mollusks that are plaguing the Great Lakes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=7)