# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/141 "2008-04-20T21:15:18Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] A nice one that permitted me to wade through Dick looking for what you meant. Unfortunately, Antibiosis is that letdown you get when the real thrill is over and the trivial is all that’s left [/QUOTE] No noanticlimax means exactly the opposite - eagerly awaiting something that’s about to happen. Oh, and while I think about it, with this : [QUOTE=MHaye] which is in fact used to describe the state of two people who argue perpetually. [/QUOTE] I was thinking more of loggerheads Some other time 😉 ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/142 "2008-04-20T21:26:58Z")
[QUOTE=MHaye] No noanticlimax means exactly the opposite - eagerly awaiting something that’s about to happen. [/QUOTE] I look forward to helping you learn that what you really mean is anticipation you, know, those small cloths placed over the backs or arms of chairs, or the head or cushions of a sofa, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric. ---
**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 20, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/143 "2008-04-20T21:34:37Z")
Rats, beaten by a minute. ---
**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 20, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/144 "2008-04-20T21:38:23Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] I look forward to helping you learn that what you really mean is anticipation you, know, those small cloths placed over the backs or arms of chairs, or the head or cushions of a sofa, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric. [/QUOTE] Not quite. antimacassars are those soft slippers worn by Native Americans. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/145 "2008-04-20T22:15:06Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Not quite. antimacassars are those soft slippers worn by Native Americans. [/QUOTE] Well, it’s a bit of a skip, but maybe when you say moccasins what you really mean is that coconut cookie with an almondy taste ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/146 "2008-04-20T22:27:00Z")
A food, yes, but a main course, not a dessert – mackerel is a food fish. And y’all are just going to ignore the world’s most famous pinhead? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/147 "2008-04-20T22:31:21Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] And y’all are just going to ignore the world’s most famous pinhead? ☹ [/QUOTE] It was a dupe of the one about the mascot for Akron, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/148 "2008-04-20T22:42:48Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] It was a dupe of the one about the mascot for Akron, I believe. [/QUOTE] :smack: Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/149 "2008-04-20T23:58:59Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] A food, yes, but a main course, not a dessert – mackerel is a food fish. [/QUOTE] I sense that the wheels may have come off here. I’m reading the past few words as: antimacassars –\> moccasins –\> macaroons –\> mackerel Isn’t mackerel a food fish? To put a new word/guess in play how about another type of road surface than concrete and asphalt? ---
**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 21, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/150 "2008-04-21T00:32:53Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I sense that the wheels may have come off here. I’m reading the past few words as: antimacassars –\> moccasins –\> macaroons –\> mackerel Isn’t mackerel a food fish? To put a new word/guess in play how about another type of road surface than concrete and asphalt? [/QUOTE] \*\* Zeldar\*\* I’m afraid yo’re going to hit a dead end. macadam is that big island off the east coast of Africa. ---
**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, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/151 "2008-04-21T01:04:18Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] \*\* Zeldar\*\* I’m afraid yo’re going to hit a dead end. macadam is that big island off the east coast of Africa. [/QUOTE] I’m braced for the dead end, okay. But your Madagascar is the big alp in between Italy and Switzerland ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/152 "2008-04-21T01:24:26Z")
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 21, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/153 "2008-04-21T01:30:53Z")
Well, as smart as you are, **Zeldar** , it’s not surprising you forget things from time to time. But actually, Matterhorn was the President of France during the 1980’s and early 1990’s. ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/154 "2008-04-21T01:42:28Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Well, as smart as you are, **Zeldar** , it’s not surprising you forget things from time to time. But actually, Matterhorn was the President of France during the 1980’s and early 1990’s. [/QUOTE] I don’t think you’re thinking of the President of France; Mitterand is the the “powerhouse” of a cell. ---
**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 21, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/155 "2008-04-21T02:08:59Z")
I guess the cells can be involved, but mitochondria is that emotional condition where someone imagines they are sick. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/156 "2008-04-21T02:27:19Z")
Think again. hypochondria is a great big snake from South America. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/157 "2008-04-21T03:23:58Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Think again. hypochondria is a great big snake from South America. [/QUOTE] Nope, sorry, brujaja. Obviously you haven’t been watching your HBO comedies, because AnaConda is the starlet who was in Entourage last season as Eric’s new client. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/158 "2008-04-21T13:07:39Z")
Sorry, m’dear, Anna Faris was a man who was struck dead for lying in the Bible. ---
**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, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/159 "2008-04-21T13:14:46Z")
[QUOTE=Rubystreak] Nope, sorry, brujaja. Obviously you haven’t been watching your HBO comedies, because AnaConda is the starlet who was in Entourage last season as Eric’s new client. [/QUOTE] I’m going to step way out on a rickety limb here, since I have yet to see said show, and hope you’re referring to Anna Faris – as herself but it’s likewise sad to report that that’s the big attraction at midways and amusement parks, whether it has a first name or not. 😃 ETA: Go with Twix’s version. She won the time fight. ☹ ---
**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 21, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/160 "2008-04-21T15:38:18Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Sorry, m’dear, Anna Faris was a man who was struck dead for lying in the Bible. [/QUOTE] And that is why today’s word Ananias means an accursed person or thing, greatly detested. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579.md?page=9)