# 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:** 97
**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:** [August 23, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1921 "2013-08-23T15:42:05Z")
Surely, that’s hitting below the **bell**? ---
**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:** [August 23, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1922 "2013-08-23T16:42:07Z")
Some impoverished students might have to resort to trapping small animals to pay their tuition; a fox, sable or mink **belt** can fetch a pretty penny. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1923 "2013-08-24T00:04:15Z")
One place to find valuable animal skins is certain wide open rural spaces of Southern Africa known as the **pelt**. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1924 "2013-08-24T03:10:09Z")
I don’t think he cared all that much about animals, but billionaire and former superhero Adrian **Veldt** did a lot to save humanity in _Watchmen_. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1925 "2013-08-26T03:39:24Z")
Speaking of the Watchmen, when the movie premiered, Jon **Veidt** was there. He didn’t start in the movie, but was friends with a lot of the cast. His daugher Angelina Jolie didn’t accompany him. (They were probably estranged at that point.) ---
**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:** [August 26, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1926 "2013-08-26T11:57:56Z")
While I read a lot of SF, I’ve never really been a fan of the short stories of A. E. van **Voight**. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1927 "2013-08-26T15:22:37Z")
Didn’t he write about the **Vogt** s? The slug-like bureaucratic aliens who are responsible for the third worst poetry in the galaxy? ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1928 "2013-08-27T04:22:43Z")
There is some pretty bad poetry originating from **vogons** ; I don’t think their refusal to consume or use animal products plays a significant role in it, though. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1929 "2013-08-27T20:49:11Z")
I didn’t think **Vegan** Hill had any reputation for either poetry or animal products. I just thought it was a historic district in Boston located near the State House. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1930 "2013-08-28T21:39:40Z")
[I love **beacon**](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaK9bjLy3v4). ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1931 "2013-08-28T22:07:24Z")
I love **bacon** too, particularly the threatening speech Liam Neeson gives the kidnapper. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1932 "2013-08-29T01:21:37Z")
Liam Neeson lent his voice to Cartoon Network’s _The Clone Wars_. So did George **Taken** who played as Sulu from Star Trek ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1933 "2013-08-29T01:40:18Z")
A \*\*takei \*\*is a large humanoid carving found in some Polynesian cultures. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1934 "2013-08-29T01:59:17Z")
You can learn a lot about Polynesian culture on **Tiki** , the addictive website that lets everyone constantly rewrite what’s already there. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1935 "2013-08-29T02:13:21Z")
In high school we sure learned a lot about a girl when she showed up with a **wiki** on her neck. ---
**Author:** ![fanganga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1936 "2013-08-29T11:47:30Z")
I understand a case of **hickey** s can be annoying, especially when the old tricks like drinking out of the wrong side of the glass and dropping a key down your back don’t work, but I don’t think it says much about you. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1937 "2013-08-29T13:29:57Z")
As marshal of Abilene, Wild Bill **Hiccup** earned $150 a month, a nice sum in those days, and received as a bonus 50 cents for every unlicensed dog he shot within city limits. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1938 "2013-08-29T14:04:42Z")
I also heard that he was master of the **hickok** , and was really good lying on his back, kicking up, and landing on his feet. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1939 "2013-08-29T16:17:44Z")
Some people call it\*\* kip-up\*\*, others call it catsup, but it’s really the same thing. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869/1940 "2013-08-30T04:49:12Z")
I’ve never known anyone to confuse Hank **Ketchup** , the guy who created Dennis the Menace, with a condiment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-2012-revenge-of-the-schtick/633869.md?page=98)