# 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:** 3
**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, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/41 "2008-04-17T17:54:24Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, Antimony was a character who could coax the blues right out of a horn. [/QUOTE] I surely hope that you’re referring to Ray Anthony but my memory has it that he did _What’d I Say_ among others… ---
**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, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/42 "2008-04-17T18:02:39Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I surely hope that you’re referring to Ray Anthony [/QUOTE] Um, no, actually – think song lyrics. ---
**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, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/43 "2008-04-17T18:02:44Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, Antimony was a character who could coax the blues right out of a horn. [/QUOTE] Perhaps you (and **Zeldar** ) are really thinking of Auntie Mame when you talk about various Italian hors d’œuvres? ---
**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, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/44 "2008-04-17T19:02:48Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Perhaps you (and **Zeldar** ) are really thinking of Auntie Mame when you talk about various Italian hors d’œuvres? [/QUOTE] Aha! I see the error of my ways, and realize you’re really talking about antipasto or antipasti which is what Damien in _The Omen_ was supposed to be ---
**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, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/45 "2008-04-17T19:31:04Z")
Damien was an auto mechanic??? antichrist is what you put in a radiator with water to make coolant. ---
**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, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/46 "2008-04-17T21:12:36Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Damien was an auto mechanic??? antichrist is what you put in a radiator with water to make coolant. [/QUOTE] No. Damien was training to be a doctor or a vet. The antifreeze you speak of is the generic name for stuff like alcohol and mercurochrome and iodine and plain old soap and water, even mouthwash. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/47 "2008-04-17T21:14:48Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Damien was an auto mechanic??? antichrist is what you put in a radiator with water to make coolant. [/QUOTE] You “auto” know that antifreeze is actually a fancy term for deficient functioning of sweat glands, or the movement of positively charged ions into tissues under the influence of an electric current. By the way, the word I was looking for when I referred to > [@](#): > > distances between various points and the y-axis on those graphs you may remember from algebra class was _abscissas,_ but this isn’t **Doperball** , so the sequence stands. ---
**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/48 "2008-04-17T22:10:09Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] You “auto” know that antifreeze is actually a fancy term for deficient functioning of sweat glands, or the movement of positively charged ions into tissues under the influence of an electric current. By the way, the word I was looking for when I referred to was _abscissas,_ but this isn’t **Doperball** , so the sequence stands. [/QUOTE] Sorry, but neither antiseptic nor anodal is the proper term a person who has a morbid, irrational fear of being in out in open spaces or public places. ---
**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 17, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/49 "2008-04-17T22:51:33Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Sorry, but neither antiseptic nor anodal is the proper term a person who has a morbid, irrational fear of being in out in open spaces or public places. [/QUOTE] Have you been drinking? Everyone knows that an agoraphobic was a type of jar used by the ancient Romans for the storage of wine, oil, and other valuable liquids. ---
**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, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/50 "2008-04-17T22:55:04Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Have you been drinking? Everyone knows that an agoraphobic was a type of jar used by the ancient Romans for the storage of wine, oil, and other valuable liquids. [/QUOTE] No. Amphora is the name of the family in the film directed by Orson Welles. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/51 "2008-04-18T00:17:49Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] the name of the family in the film directed by Orson Welles. [/QUOTE] No, sorry, Amberson is when you can use either hand with equal facility. ---
**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 18, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/52 "2008-04-18T02:31:49Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, sorry, Amberson is when you can use either hand with equal facility. [/QUOTE] I beg to differ. ambidextrous is a waterless form of ammonia. ---
**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 18, 2008, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/53 "2008-04-18T02:51:48Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] I beg to differ. ambidextrous is a waterless form of ammonia. [/QUOTE] I don’t thing that’s quite right. Anhydrous is the type of shock one goes into as the result of a massive allergic reaction. ---
**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 18, 2008, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/54 "2008-04-18T06:03:42Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I don’t thing that’s quite right. Anhydrous is the type of shock one goes into as the result of a massive allergic reaction. [/QUOTE] No way, Anaphylactic is a preventative measure one takes against disease. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/55 "2008-04-18T08:30:12Z")
never mind! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/56 "2008-04-18T08:34:00Z")
**SmartAleq** , I’m pretty sure that prophylactic is when a writer or artist’s work output is really prodigious. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/57 "2008-04-18T12:54:42Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] **SmartAleq** , I’m pretty sure that prophylactic is when a writer or artist’s work output is really prodigious. [/QUOTE] Well, if you were thinking of prolific I’m afraid that’s about people who oppose abortion ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/58 "2008-04-18T12:57:06Z")
Common error: prolife is a member of Marx’s “dictatorship.” ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/59 "2008-04-18T13:27:07Z")
No,proletariatrefers to a spheroid that is elongated through the poles. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/60 "2008-04-18T13:27:37Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Common error: prolife is a member of Marx’s “dictatorship.” [/QUOTE] WIBD, I always thought that proletariat was the famous racehorse that almost lapped the field that time [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579.md?page=4)