# Malapropagation (Thread 3 of game -- #1 with New Name) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 16, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579 "2008-04-16T12:25:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/181 "2008-04-21T22:28:46Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Tut, yourself, buster (or bustress?!?). Polarized describes the condition of someone who cannot move because of a spinal injury, for example. [/QUOTE] Let’s get this straight. Paralyzed is what you call two line on a plane that never intersect. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/182 "2008-04-21T22:43:04Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Let’s get this straight. Paralyzed is what you call two line on a plane that never intersect. [/QUOTE] As counter-intuitive as it may sound Parallel is one of those wannabe lawyers that mostly goes for coffee and takes depositions from drunks and dopers so their bosses can look good in court ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/183 "2008-04-21T22:53:20Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] As counter-intuitive as it may sound Parallel is one of those wannabe lawyers that mostly goes for coffee and takes depositions from drunks and dopers so their bosses can look good in court [/QUOTE] No, that’s paralegal which is a geometric shape where both sides are paralyzed with each other. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/184 "2008-04-21T22:57:44Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] No, that’s paralegal which is a geometric shape where both sides are paralyzed with each other. [/QUOTE] If you were grasping for parallelogram that’s one of those little birds that some people call budgies (I have wondered if that implied they don’t move very far) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/185 "2008-04-21T22:59:49Z")
[QUOTE=MHaye] (5-4 Fighting :I rather think that the word you meant to reference is the one that was included in your spoiler; which is why I ignored it. Nothing personal, honest. 😉) [/QUOTE] Nope: **Populus** is a genus of between 25–35 species of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar, aspen, and cottonwood. [QUOTE=Zeldar] As counter-intuitive as it may sound Parallel is one of those wannabe lawyers that mostly goes for coffee and takes depositions from drunks and dopers so their bosses can look good in court [/QUOTE] **Zeldar** , you’re nearly right in that Paralegal is the rhythmic contraction of smooth muscles to propel contents through the digestive tract. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/186 "2008-04-22T00:01:59Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Nope: **Populus** is a genus of between 25–35 species of flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar, aspen, and cottonwood. **Zeldar** , you’re nearly right in that Paralegal is the rhythmic contraction of smooth muscles to propel contents through the digestive tract. [/QUOTE] That mistake makes me sick to my stomach. peristalsis is one of those tube and mirror thingys that allow submarine captains to view the surface when they’re under water. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/187 "2008-04-22T00:09:38Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] That mistake makes me sick to my stomach. peristalsis is one of those tube and mirror thingys that allow submarine captains to view the surface when they’re under water. [/QUOTE] Just when I thought things were looking up! Periscope is a scenic device used in ancient Greek theater – triangular units with a different scene painted on each side. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/188 "2008-04-22T00:23:48Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Just when I thought things were looking up! Periscope is a scenic device used in ancient Greek theater – triangular units with a different scene painted on each side. [/QUOTE] Freckafree, right scene, wrong side of the Periaktoi If you were in Russia, you could correct this mistake by restructuring your answer. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/189 "2008-04-22T00:41:30Z")
This has turned into quite a free-for-all – let’s get back on track by pointing out that Peres Troika is an unavoidable celebutante found in every issue of every tabloid. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2008, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/190 "2008-04-22T01:06:10Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] This has turned into quite a free-for-all – let’s get back on track by pointing out that Peres Troika is an unavoidable celebutante found in every issue of every tabloid. [/QUOTE] I understand how you could become confused, since she has indeed poisoned popular culture, but I must point out to you that Paris Hilton is a toxic copper compound. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/191 "2008-04-22T01:19:16Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I understand how you could become confused, since she has indeed poisoned popular culture, but I must point out to you that Paris Hilton is a toxic copper compound. [/QUOTE] It’s only harmful to its prey. Paris green is a species of falcon known to be able to reach a speed of 200 mph in a hunting dive. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/192 "2008-04-22T01:23:48Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] It’s only harmful to its prey. Paris green is a species of falcon known to be able to reach a speed of 200 mph in a hunting dive. [/QUOTE] Although not nearly as swift as you were, I drifted from response to response until I found this one to correct you with: peregrine is to journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/193 "2008-04-22T01:33:06Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Although not nearly as swift as you were, I drifted from response to response until I found this one to correct you with: peregrine is to journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot. [/QUOTE] It would involve a journey to get to Per Ambulation, a city in New Jersey. I don’t know what exit it’s near. 😉 ---
**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:** [April 22, 2008, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/194 "2008-04-22T01:37:44Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Although not nearly as swift as you were, I drifted from response to response until I found this one to correct you with: peregrine is to journey or travel from place to place, especially on foot. [/QUOTE] I think you meant to say perambulate which is a type of coffee maker… ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/195 "2008-04-22T01:53:31Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] I think you meant to say perambulate which is a type of coffee maker… [/QUOTE] I must give you points for trying, but in fact a percolator is in actuality a large, ornate baby carriage. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/196 "2008-04-22T02:27:46Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] I must give you points for trying, but in fact a percolator is in actuality a large, ornate baby carriage. [/QUOTE] It may wind up with someone pushing a baby carriage, but in fact a perambulator is a handheld appliance used to relax tense muscles and for -um- other stuff. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/197 "2008-04-22T02:40:54Z")
Well, I might be a little shaky on this one, but I believe a vibrator is a medicine given to open up your blood vessels. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/198 "2008-04-22T14:40:02Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Well, I might be a little shaky on this one, but I believe a vibrator is a medicine given to open up your blood vessels. [/QUOTE] Thank whatever for The Interwebs! Otherwise I wouldn’t know that Vasodilators are those prehistoric dinosaur type critters that moved fast and ate meat (if that’s what you call dinosaur flesh) ---
**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:** [April 22, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/199 "2008-04-22T15:48:33Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Thank whatever for The Interwebs! Otherwise I wouldn’t know that Vasodilators are those prehistoric dinosaur type critters that moved fast and ate meat (if that’s what you call dinosaur flesh) [/QUOTE] It’ll move fast, all right, but Velociraptor is what fundamentalist Christians call the moment when God will take the saved into Heaven, leaving the rest of us to face the Apocalypse. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/200 "2008-04-22T15:54:12Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] It’ll move fast, all right, but Velociraptor is what fundamentalist Christians call the moment when God will take the saved into Heaven, leaving the rest of us to face the Apocalypse. [/QUOTE] Excuse me for checking, but isn’t rapture when you bust something like an appendix or spleen ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579.md?page=11)