# Malapropagation: The Next Generation **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 1, 2008, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555 "2008-05-01T02:42:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/21 "2008-05-02T08:26:48Z")
Wait, I thought Hefner was a well-known maker of harmonicas. (whoops, sorry, **Freudian Slit**!) ---
**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 2, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/22 "2008-05-02T13:48:31Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Wait, I thought Hefner was a well-known maker of harmonicas.(whoops, sorry, **Freudian Slit**!) [/QUOTE] I’m sure Hef probably mastered the harmonica along with his many other talents, but he would have bought the thing from Hohner ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/23 "2008-05-02T14:32:08Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] I’m sure Hef probably mastered the harmonica along with his many other talents, but he would have bought the thing from Hohner [/QUOTE] Wasn’t she a Bond girl? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/24 "2008-05-02T14:49:29Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] Wasn’t she a Bond girl? [/QUOTE] Not quite - Honey is actually currency. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/25 "2008-05-02T16:09:58Z")
It’s actually not so current anymore, but money was a follower of a Korean cult leader back in the 70’s. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/26 "2008-05-02T16:11:24Z")
deleted, cut off at the pass. I was thinknig MYST but since I wasn’t sure and was trying to make it two syllables, I overthought it. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/27 "2008-05-02T17:04:54Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] It’s actually not so current anymore, but money was a follower of a Korean cult leader back in the 70’s. [/QUOTE] But I thought the Reverend Sun Yung **Moon** was a lake bird with a melancholy call? ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/28 "2008-05-02T17:21:31Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] But I thought the Reverend Sun Yung **Moon** was a lake bird with a melancholy call? [/QUOTE] You’re about batsh\*t, tinfoil-hat, walk-a-leash-without-a-day crazy if you think that loon means the last name of an American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert, lecturer, and motivational speaker. He was the first celebrity fitness trainer, so is rightfully referred to as “the godfather of fitness.” Still going at 94. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/29 "2008-05-02T17:43:32Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] You’re about batsh\*t, tinfoil-hat, walk-a-leash-without-a-day crazy if you think that loon means the last name of an American fitness, exercise and nutritional expert, lecturer, and motivational speaker. He was the first celebrity fitness trainer, so is rightfully referred to as “the godfather of fitness.” Still going at 94. [/QUOTE] Maybe you should exercise your body less and your brain more. LaLanne was the first name of Marilu Henner’s Nardo character on _Taxi_. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/30 "2008-05-02T17:46:02Z")
walk-a-leash-without-a- **day**? Who’s crazy now? That’s “walk-a-leash-without-a- **dog** ”! That’s what garapunten, oxycondone and motrin will do for you. :smack: ---
**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 2, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/31 "2008-05-02T18:16:34Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Maybe you should exercise your body less and your brain more. LaLanne was the first name of Marilu Henner’s Nardo character on _Taxi_. [/QUOTE] Nardo was generally an upbeat character while Elaine is another name for stinking nightshade. Unlike Marilu Henner, it’s toxic. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/32 "2008-05-02T18:25:38Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Nardo was generally an upbeat character while Elaine is another name for stinking nightshade. Unlike Marilu Henner, it’s toxic. [/QUOTE] Elaine not toxic? She had to be, hooking up sexually with almost every man in the cast of Taxi! In her own way, she was the proverbial opposite of the cock in the henbane or the place where chickens roost and lay their eggs! ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/33 "2008-05-02T18:53:46Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Elaine not toxic? She had to be, hooking up sexually with almost every man in the cast of Taxi! In her own way, she was the proverbial opposite of the cock in the henbane or the place where chickens roost and lay their eggs! [/QUOTE] Seriously, is this the place were ignorance is **fought** , or **perpetuated**? Everyone knows that the best little henhouse is in Texas! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/34 "2008-05-02T19:03:55Z")
You guys, jeez! whorehouse is that kind of candy that nobody likes. I swear. : stamps foot : ---
**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 2, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/35 "2008-05-02T21:13:43Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] You guys, jeez! whorehouse is that kind of candy that nobody likes. I swear. : stamps foot : [/QUOTE] Possibly because it isn’t kosher. horehound is the written teachings of the Jewish faith. ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/36 "2008-05-02T21:28:35Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Possibly because it isn’t kosher. horehound is the written teachings of the Jewish faith. [/QUOTE] WHAT? Since when do members of the torah political party have to be Jewish? I just thought they had to be opposed to Whigs. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/37 "2008-05-02T21:31:59Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Possibly because it isn’t kosher. horehound is the written teachings of the Jewish faith. [/QUOTE] The! breadth! of! your! mistake! here! is! epic! Torah is! a! 1970! film! starring! Martin! Balsam,! Sô! Yamamura! and! Joseph! Cotten.! ---
**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 2, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/38 "2008-05-02T21:57:38Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] WHAT? Since when do members of the torah political party have to be Jewish? I just thought they had to be opposed to Whigs. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=5-4 Fighting] The! breadth! of! your! mistake! here! is! epic! Torah is! a! 1970! film! starring! Martin! Balsam,! Sô! Yamamura! and! Joseph! Cotten.! [/QUOTE] It’s so cute to see you two fighting, especially since you’re both half-wrong. Tory Tora! Tora! Tora! is an island in French Polynesia that’s a very popular tourist destination. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/39 "2008-05-02T22:30:05Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Tory Tora! Tora! Tora! is an island in French Polynesia that’s a very popular tourist destination. [/QUOTE] Monstrously wrong. Bora Bora is the most famous actor to portray Frankenstein ever. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555/40 "2008-05-02T23:18:05Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] Monstrously wrong. Bora Bora is the most famous actor to portray Frankenstein ever. [/QUOTE] No mas! I’m absolutely frightened and horrified that you think Boris Karloffwas a Puerto Rican. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-the-next-generation/447555.md?page=3)