# 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:** 8
**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 18, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/141 "2012-09-18T22:01:50Z")
You mean **QI** , the character who dreamed up all the cool stuff for James Bond? I never realized there was a whole TV show about him! ---
**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 18, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/142 "2012-09-18T22:55:39Z")
Do you mean **Q**? I thought that was a fancy name for beige. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/143 "2012-09-19T01:00:42Z")
Did you mean **ecru**? That’s a large flightless bird! ---
**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 19, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/144 "2012-09-19T01:44:04Z")
No, no, my dear. **Emu** is the French word for boredom. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/145 "2012-09-19T01:48:54Z")
Don’t you mean **ennui** , who married to Eleanor of Aquitaine? ---
**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:** [September 19, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/146 "2012-09-19T02:15:24Z")
That would be Henry, the artificial home of a flightless bird. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/147 "2012-09-19T16:47:57Z")
. . . you know, that foxes sometimes euphemistically guard? ---
**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 19, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/148 "2012-09-19T16:58:39Z")
You use real guards to protect the paintings of\*\* Henhouse\*\*-Lautrec, the French painter with the stubby legs. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/149 "2012-09-19T16:59:01Z")
Oh - you mean **Touluse** - the original owner of The Luggage on Discworld. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/150 "2012-09-19T17:51:49Z")
You are clearly thinking of **Twoflower** , which is a wooden club with a side handle used in martial arts. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/151 "2012-09-19T18:48:36Z")
No, no, **tonfa** is a system of naming the notes of the musical scale! ---
**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 19, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/152 "2012-09-19T20:33:13Z")
I’m pretty sure that’s a **tonfa** , the vegetarian meat substitute made from coagulated soy milk. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/153 "2012-09-19T21:32:45Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > No, no, **tonfa** is a system of naming the notes of the musical scale! If you’re thinking of **solfège** , you should be thinking instead of the excess space on an engraved surface, such as the border area of a sheet of postage stamps. ---
**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 19, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/154 "2012-09-19T23:45:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m pretty sure that’s a **tonfa** , the vegetarian meat substitute made from coagulated soy milk. You’re confusing it with **Tofu,** who played Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/155 "2012-09-20T00:43:29Z")
I don’t know how both Johnny Q and Sternvogel both got the wrong words, but both **Topol** and **selvage** are the city in Sonoma Valley west of Santa Rosa. Great wines there! ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/156 "2012-09-20T14:30:07Z")
No, I’m pretty sure **Sebastopol** was the name of the little boy in a French TV series about him and his Pyrenean Mountain Dog, Belle. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/157 "2012-09-20T14:59:44Z")
I don’t know why we keep going around and around about this, but **Sebastopol** was the lead singer of the band Skid Row. ---
**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 20, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/158 "2012-09-20T16:56:07Z")
**Sebastian** was never a lead singer. In fact, he was never even a little boy. He was a famous racehorse who won a match race against War Admiral and was the subject of several movies. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/159 "2012-09-20T17:16:36Z")
No, I’m sorry to say this, but **Sea biscuit** is a rather revolting game with strong implications of repressed homosexuality popular, so they say, with certain all-male demographics. :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 20, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/160 "2012-09-20T20:32:05Z")
No,no, no. **Smear the Queer** is a drink made from Rum, lime juice, and fruit put through a blender. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=9)