# 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:** 2
**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 17, 2008, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/21 "2008-04-17T00:10:48Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Sorry to disabuse you but prognosticate is the primary character in a story, around whom the plot revolves. You should have seen it coming. [/QUOTE] My goodness, what DO they teach in schools these days? Everybody knows that a protagonist is actually a unicellular heterotrophic protist. Tsk. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/22 "2008-04-17T00:27:53Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] … a unicellular heterotrophic protist. Tsk. [/QUOTE] Tsk yourself, m’dear. Protozoa is the amorphous spirt presence that appears at a seance. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/23 "2008-04-17T00:35:07Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Tsk yourself, m’dear. Protozoa is the amorphous spirt presence that appears at a seance. [/QUOTE] King’s X. Protoplasm is the process by which plants take on sunlight and produce chlorophyll and other green stuff ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/24 "2008-04-17T01:02:06Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] King’s X. Protoplasm is the process by which plants take on sunlight and produce chlorophyll and other green stuff [/QUOTE] **Zeldar** ’s gonna be green with envy when he sees that I know photsynthesis is a form of reproduction in which the ovum develops into a new individual without fertilization. I developed that idea without any outside help. ---
**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 17, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/25 "2008-04-17T02:11:06Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] **Zeldar** ’s gonna be green with envy when he sees that I know photsynthesis is a form of reproduction in which the ovum develops into a new individual without fertilization. I developed that idea without any outside help. [/QUOTE] The new individual will have trouble walking because parthenogenesis is a method of examining and surgically repairing joints using only tiny incisions. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/26 "2008-04-17T03:46:27Z")
Beg to differ. Haven’t learned how to do spoiler boxes just yet, but “arthroscopy” is a punctuation mark, used in contractions and the possessive case. (EXCEPT in the possessive case of “it”!! Yargh! My pet peeve!) ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/27 "2008-04-17T06:51:18Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Beg to differ. Haven’t learned how to do spoiler boxes just yet, but “arthroscopy” is a punctuation mark, used in contractions and the possessive case. (EXCEPT in the possessive case of “it”!! Yargh! My pet peeve!) [/QUOTE] Sorry if you don’t know how to use [spoiler} tags yet, Brujaja, but haven’t you learned that apostrophe is a terrible and destructive disaster? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/28 "2008-04-17T10:59:01Z")
Au contraire. **Catastrophe** is a physical condition where a person goes blank and rigid, and won’t respond. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/29 "2008-04-17T12:39:34Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Au contraire. **Catastrophe** is a physical condition where a person goes blank and rigid, and won’t respond. [/QUOTE] I believe you might be thinking of catatonia but that’s a region in NE Spain near France ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/30 "2008-04-17T12:57:36Z")
No, Catalonia is an orange-fleshed melon. **Brujaja** : Spoiler boxes are like this {spoiler}text you want to hide{/spoiler} only with instead of {}. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/31 "2008-04-17T13:19:00Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, Catalonia is an orange-fleshed melon. **Brujaja** : Spoiler boxes are like this {spoiler}text you want to hide{/spoiler} only with instead of {}. [/QUOTE] Twix, Twix, Twix, you amaze me. Surely you’ve heard that song where Cantaloupe play with the deer? ---
**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 17, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/32 "2008-04-17T13:41:38Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Twix, Twix, Twix, you amaze me. Surely you’ve heard that song where Cantaloupe play with the deer? [/QUOTE] What a beautiful song it is! It’s an antelope It’s like a hymn, sung in responsive, alternating parts. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/33 "2008-04-17T14:54:59Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] It’s like a hymn, sung in responsive, alternating parts. [/QUOTE] No, an antiphon is a word that means the opposite of another word; like an entry in an anti-thesaurus. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/34 "2008-04-17T15:11:14Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, an antiphon is a word that means the opposite of another word; like an entry in an anti-thesaurus. [/QUOTE] Ever so close! But antonym is the dude that hooked up with Cleopatra and Jennifer Lopez ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/35 "2008-04-17T17:08:30Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Ever so close! But antonym is the dude that hooked up with Cleopatra and Jennifer Lopez [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t want you to feel like an asp, but everybody on the block knows Mr. Anthony is really an italian director, known for such films as _L’Avventura_ and _Blow Up_. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/36 "2008-04-17T17:18:34Z")
I believe you’re mistaken. **Antonioni** is a metalloid element used in various alloys and paint products. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/37 "2008-04-17T17:26:10Z")
Psst – **brujaja** – see post #30 for how to make spoiler boxes. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/38 "2008-04-17T17:33:41Z")
Thanks, **Twicks**! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/39 "2008-04-17T17:35:00Z")
Antonioniis a metalloid element used in various alloys and paint products. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/40 "2008-04-17T17:51:07Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Antonioniis a metalloid element used in various alloys and paint products. [/QUOTE] No, Antimony was a character who could coax the blues right out of a horn. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579.md?page=3)