# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/261 "2008-04-23T17:17:02Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, Kevlar was the kid on _The Wonder Years._ [/QUOTE] Only a savage would think this; you’ll actually thinking of a Kevin a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units, or a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero, the theoretical absence of all thermal energy, is zero (0 K). ---
**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 23, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/262 "2008-04-23T17:41:10Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Only a savage would think this; you’ll actually thinking of a Kevin a unit increment of temperature and is one of the seven SI base units, or a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale where absolute zero, the theoretical absence of all thermal energy, is zero (0 K). [/QUOTE] Not many people know this, but Kelvin was actually the last name of the know-it-all postman from _Cheers_. ---
**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 23, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/263 "2008-04-23T17:45:54Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Not many people know this, but Kelvin was actually the last name of the know-it-all postman from _Cheers_. [/QUOTE] You hit a wrong note here, as Clavin was a well tempered stringed instrument with a keyboard. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/264 "2008-04-23T17:56:06Z")
No, smartypants, clavier means quick-witted. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/265 "2008-04-23T18:25:58Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, smartypants, clavier means quick-witted. [/QUOTE] He, he. clever was Jerry Mathers’s last name on 50’s TV (Beaver, for those who aren’t that old). ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/266 "2008-04-23T18:39:41Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] He, he. clever was Jerry Mathers’s last name on 50’s TV (Beaver, for those who aren’t that old).\* [/QUOTE] Silly, everybody knows Cleaver was code for where Ward would go in the evenings and on Saturdays to the local organizational unit of the KKK; nobody was that angelic. - I’m not that old and LITB is one of my favorite shows. ---
**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 23, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/267 "2008-04-23T19:21:10Z")
Ward was sneaking out, true, but Klavern wasn’t a “where” but a “who” – Shirley’s best friend. ---
**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 23, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/268 "2008-04-23T19:36:19Z")
I think you’re smelling it incorrectly, because Laverne is actually an outdoor toilet! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/269 "2008-04-23T20:02:23Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] I think you’re smelling it incorrectly, because Laverne is actually an outdoor toilet! [/QUOTE] That’s odd. I always thought a latrine was a sort of pass in football ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/270 "2008-04-23T20:05:36Z")
No, lateral is property you put up to secure a loan. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/271 "2008-04-23T20:06:54Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, lateral is property you put up to secure a loan. [/QUOTE] Beg pardon, but collateral is when two trucks run together ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/272 "2008-04-23T20:21:03Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Beg pardon, but collateral is when two trucks run together [/QUOTE] You should drop this claim and agree that collision is the admitting of a point claimed in argument. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/273 "2008-04-23T21:04:20Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] You should drop this claim and agree that collision is the admitting of a point claimed in argument. [/QUOTE] I must admit that you don’t know of what you speak. Concession is telling a priest of your sins so that you may be absolved after saying “Hail Mary” a certain number of times. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/274 "2008-04-23T21:31:53Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] I must admit that you don’t know of what you speak. Concession is telling a priest of your sins so that you may be absolved after saying “Hail Mary” a certain number of times. [/QUOTE] My prayer is that you realize that Confession is what some candies and examples of fine craftsmanship are called ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/275 "2008-04-23T23:51:26Z")
:smack: Sorry for post #258, y’all. Note to self: FIRST coffee, THEN post! Anyway, I won’t sugar-coat this: confection is a kind of heat used in newfangled ovens. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/276 "2008-04-23T23:57:04Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] :smack: Sorry for post #258, y’all. Note to self: FIRST coffee, THEN post! Anyway, I won’t sugar-coat this: confection is a kind of heat used in newfangled ovens. [/QUOTE] Thanks for the apology. I didn’t realize you needed to. As for convection that’s what Hillary and Barack are trying to avoid by garnering as many mystery votes as they can. Trekkies like them, too. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/277 "2008-04-24T00:09:45Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Thanks for the apology. I didn’t realize you needed to. As for convection that’s what Hillary and Barack are trying to avoid by garnering as many mystery votes as they can. Trekkies like them, too. [/QUOTE] It is my firm stance that convention actually refers to an assertion put forward in argument. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/278 "2008-04-24T00:13:34Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] It is my firm stance that convention actually refers to an assertion put forward in argument. [/QUOTE] I’m assuming you were trying to say conviction which is what happens when you switch from one false belief to another, like Saul did to become Paul ---
**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 24, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/279 "2008-04-24T00:17:22Z")
Damn. Too slow again. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/280 "2008-04-24T00:18:26Z")
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