Malapropagation: The Next Generation

And jumping the rails from the previous thread we begin with brujaja’s description of a vegetable, technically a fruit, that’s used in salads.

Despite it sounding suspiciously like “avocado” I believe the actual word is cucumber

which is, of course, the 12th month of the year.

Yule be surprised to learn that December is actually a word that means gloomy or dismal; from a Latin root meaning “shade”.

[QUOTE=brujaja]
Yule be surprised to learn that December is actually a word that means gloomy or dismal; from a Latin root meaning “shade”.
[/QUOTE]

Perchance you wouldn’t be trying to say somber

Because they prefer the term “undead.”

[QUOTE=kunilou]
Perchance you wouldn’t be trying to say somber

Because they prefer the term “undead.”
[/QUOTE]
That really doesn’t sound right. I thoughtzombieswere young girls who prefer to dress and play like boys.

[QUOTE=MHaye]
That really doesn’t sound right. I thoughtzombieswere young girls who prefer to dress and play like boys.
[/QUOTE]
No, no, no. The word you’re looking for, tomboys, has actually been appropriated by youthful African Americans to refer to their friends. From outer space.

Nope. Homeboys is actually a way to serve tasty taters…

I think you’re mistaken.

Home fries

are those annoying little black winged insects that show up in your house in the summertime.

Nein! house flies are stay-at-home Moms, in Germany.

Nope.

Hausfraus

is a famous street in downtown Manhattan.

[QUOTE=Freudian Slit]
Nope.

Hausfraus

is a famous street in downtown Manhattan.
[/QUOTE]

Famous on the piers, maybe. A Houston is a big rope or cable used to tie a ship to the dock.

[QUOTE=kunilou]
Famous on the piers, maybe. A Houston is a big rope or cable used to tie a ship to the dock.
[/QUOTE]

I think you’re a little mixed up.

A


hawser

is a charlatan who claims to find water using pointy sticks.

You’re wrong, sailor. Hawser is actually the lead singer for ShaNaNa.

[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn]
You’re wrong, sailor. Hawser is actually the lead singer for ShaNaNa.
[/QUOTE]

Yowzers!!! That can’t be right.

Bowzer is the interface that lets us look at the Web, like IE, Firefox, etc.

[QUOTE=kunilou]
Yowzers!!! That can’t be right.

Bowzer is the interface that lets us look at the Web, like IE, Firefox, etc.
[/QUOTE]

Error on kunilou!

Browser

is the last name of Jeff, who played shortstop for the Atlanta Braves during the late 1980’s and most of the '90’s.

[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
Error on kunilou!

Browser

is the last name of Jeff, who played shortstop for the Atlanta Braves during the late 1980’s and most of the '90’s.
[/QUOTE]
It’s the firing squad for you!

Blauser

is the common name of a German arms manufacturer who has made a line of bolt-action rifles from the 1870s to present.

[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting]
It’s the firing squad for you!

Blauser

is the common name of a German arms manufacturer who has made a line of bolt-action rifles from the 1870s to present.
[/QUOTE]

Afraid you’re shooting blanks here.

Mauser is simply the French word for sir or mister.

Kunilou, check you PMs.

[QUOTE=kunilou]
Afraid you’re shooting blanks here.

Mauser is simply the French word for sir or mister.
[/QUOTE]

You’re dead wrong.

Monsieur

is a popular, strange computer game from the '90s.

(I’m afraid I have no idea which game Freudian Slit means, so I’ll pretend it’s)

Half Life

is a young, calfless cow.

[QUOTE=brujaja]
is a young, calfless cow.
[/QUOTE]

No, a Heifer
is the founder of Playboy Enterprises.

My other one was MYST.