# 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:** 77
**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:** [May 31, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1521 "2013-05-31T16:42:34Z")
The **Logwood** Flower is a song that dates back to 1860 and it was one of the original Carter Family recordings that helped give birth to modern country music. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1522 "2013-05-31T17:34:55Z")
(Incidentally, what a wonderful shibboleth _Haematoxylum_ would make. If anyone says “He-ma-tox-illum” it’s off with their head!) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2013, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1523 "2013-05-31T23:42:17Z")
Back in the day when I used to play poker with the staff of the Daily Planet, Clark and I always wanted straight poker, nothing fancy, but Lois was always wanting the deuce and trey to be\*\* wildwood\*\*s. Jimmy, well, Jimmy just lost, usually. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1524 "2013-06-01T05:18:05Z")
Did the _Daily Planet_ have a good sports section, with stories about such college teams as the **Wild Cards** of Arizona, Villanova, Kentucky, Northwestern, and numerous other institutions of higher learning? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1525 "2013-06-03T14:04:01Z")
My grandson’s learning to enjoy gaming online, and I’m thinking he’s about ready for WoW, World of **Wildcat**. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1526 "2013-06-03T16:17:47Z")
You mean there’s a whole game about Sherlock Holmes’ older brother, **Warcraft**? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1527 "2013-06-03T16:38:47Z")
Hell yes. My son plays **Mycroft** all the time (when it’s not Skyrim or similar). Game looks addictive, but I’d get tired of the blocky graphics even if it is fun digging stuff up and building things. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1528 "2013-06-03T16:42:10Z")
You let your son read Hitler’s book **Minecraft**? I guess it’s an interesting read, but there’s so much in there about his ideology. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1529 "2013-06-03T16:47:21Z")
Well, then the heroine, thinking our hero was in love with her best friend, put on her brother’s gorilla outfit and danced with the art thief while the band played the Raspberry Musetta, sneaking peaks at her potentially treachereous boyfriend and being gladdened of heart when he tossed her best friend into the tuba section, then stealing the thief’s signet ring just as he stepped on the banana peel… well, ya gotta love a \*\*meinkampf \*\*romantic comedy! ---
**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:** [June 4, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1530 "2013-06-04T14:20:40Z")
Usually in those types of movies, the hero has to race to the airport to stop his girl from leaving. You always see him making a **madcap** to the door. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1531 "2013-06-04T14:24:03Z")
No, a \*\*mad-dash \*\*is a Hebrew term for the group of stories told by Jewish rabbis to explain passages in the Old Testament. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1532 "2013-06-04T20:45:00Z")
Jewish rabbis? Man, acceptance of a bare **midrash** certainly has changed since Barbara Eden had to cover up her navel in I Dream of Jeanie! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1533 "2013-06-04T21:28:27Z")
Not as sexy when a man such as Dale **Midriff** , who played Louis in _Pet Sematary_, bares his navel, though. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1534 "2013-06-05T03:05:33Z")
Macbeth’s successor, the Scottish hero **Midkiff** , never bared his navel to anyone but his wife as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1535 "2013-06-05T11:48:38Z")
I don’t think Scrooge **Macduff** has a wife. He’s too fond of money to spend it on anybody, except maybe his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1536 "2013-06-05T16:14:22Z")
The **McDuck** are one of the First Nations people, a tribe centered in Oklahoma. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1537 "2013-06-05T17:17:06Z")
Sorry, but rather than being a First Nation tribe in Oklahoma, the **Modoc** are actually a future tribe in England, who feast on the Eloi, in H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1538 "2013-06-05T18:32:08Z")
I think that you are thinking of **Morlock** , a futuristic cyborg assassin from Marvel comics. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1539 "2013-06-05T19:23:59Z")
Yeah, the Demolisher would often find himself stuck between two rival unfriendly forces, trapped in a **deathlok** between one probably fatal foe and an equally lethal adversary. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1540 "2013-06-06T01:24:57Z")
Bob Marley and the Wailers made great music, but what I really liked was their **deadlocks**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=76) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=78)