# 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:** 19
**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 28, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/361 "2008-04-28T19:11:19Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] I’ll excuse you this time but if you engage in public farting one more time, I’ll have to grant you a temporary leave of absence from the SDMB. [/QUOTE] It may be sweet, it may be sorrow, but it’s a prelude to separation, not defecation. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/362 "2008-04-28T19:43:34Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] It may be sweet, it may be sorrow, but it’s a prelude to separation, not defecation. [/QUOTE] Maybe you should be leaving if you don’t know that Parting is the last name of Dolly, known for two big reasons other than her voice. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/363 "2008-04-28T20:22:34Z")
Well, this has been two big heaping bags of fun, but it’s about to get serious if you don’t know that parton is what a head of state does to get his buddies out of jail. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/364 "2008-04-28T20:32:28Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] It may be sweet, it may be sorrow, but it’s a prelude to separation, not defecation. [/QUOTE] The new word that should have been supplied here (none was) and departed from was “furlow.” [QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] Well, this has been two big heaping bags of fun, but it’s about to get serious if you don’t know that parton is what a head of state does to get his buddies out of jail. [/QUOTE] pardon me, that’s just wrong/ But then I do temd to exhibit this physical manifestation of arousal when I catch a mistake. ---
**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 28, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/365 "2008-04-28T20:51:03Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] pardon me, that’s just wrong/ But then I do temd to exhibit this physical manifestation of arousal when I catch a mistake. [/QUOTE] Remind me to stay away from you at sporting events, because panting is what American football teams do on 4th down. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/366 "2008-04-28T20:52:51Z")
**kunilou** , clever diversion! ---
**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 28, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/367 "2008-04-28T21:26:09Z")
It should be obvious to you that punting is the decorative stuff hung around campaign headquarters! ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/368 "2008-04-28T21:33:55Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] It should be obvious to you that punting is the decorative stuff hung around campaign headquarters! [/QUOTE] I’ve got you treed on this one. bunting is the practice of pursuing animals for food, recreation, or trade ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/369 "2008-04-28T21:42:29Z")
You’re way too soft on this– hunting is a baseball tactic invented by the Baltimore Orioles, who called it a “baby hit”. ---
**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 29, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/370 "2008-04-29T00:06:46Z")
[QUOTE=Hostile Dialect] You’re way too soft on this– hunting is a baseball tactic invented by the Baltimore Orioles, who called it a “baby hit”. [/QUOTE] You’ve struck out with the wrong sport. In fact, bunting is a stretchy cord you tie around yourself, so you can jump off a bridge and freefall until you get snapped back. You definitely don’t want a hit – baby or otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/371 "2008-04-29T04:57:18Z")
This may be a bit of a leap into space, but wasn’t Bungee a famous **canine** actor from the swinging 70’s? ---
**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 29, 2008, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/372 "2008-04-29T11:29:25Z")
Well, you’ve jumped into the deep end, now. Benjie was the lead character’s name in _The Graduate_, and the name of the doll that got thrown off the Tallahatchee Bridge in the movie _Ode to Billie Joe_. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/373 "2008-04-29T16:40:15Z")
Well, paint me purple and call me Willard! (or Mr. Cartwright.) AFAIK, ben is something which causes the ruin or destruction of something else. ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/374 "2008-04-29T17:02:27Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] AFAIK, ben is something which causes the ruin or destruction of something else. [/QUOTE] Quite apt really. Thebaneof werewolves at the full moon certainly presages ruin and destruction for someone. ---
**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 29, 2008, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/375 "2008-04-29T18:13:20Z")
We may be presaging the ruin and destruction of this thread. Baying is the capitol of China. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/376 "2008-04-29T18:34:21Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] We may be presaging the ruin and destruction of this thread. Baying is the capitol of China. [/QUOTE] I’ve got billions of people that say you’re wrong. Beijing is what we call someone from Barbados. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/377 "2008-04-29T20:26:28Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Beijing is what we call someone from Barbados. [/QUOTE] Go west, young man! Bajan is the Spanish word for “low(er)”, and precedes “California” in the name of a Mexican state on the Pacific coast. ---
**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 29, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/378 "2008-04-29T20:55:30Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Go west, young man! Bajan is the Spanish word for “low(er)”, and precedes “California” in the name of a Mexican state on the Pacific coast. [/QUOTE] California?! You got the wrong continent, buddy. Baja is the title of a ruler in India ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/379 "2008-04-29T21:21:43Z")
Ooooooooh, Imma tell Momma on you! Raja is the TV character with the pesky sister named Dee and the cute best friend named Dwayne. ---
**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 29, 2008, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/380 "2008-04-29T21:41:28Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Ooooooooh, Imma tell Momma on you! Raja is the TV character with the pesky sister named Dee and the cute best friend named Dwayne. [/QUOTE] Tell Momma that that there was a “happy ending”, because Raj is a rubdown, a manipulation of muscles and soft tissues, and a euphemism for an erotic service. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579.md?page=20)