# 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:** 9
**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, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/161 "2008-04-21T15:45:37Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] And that is why today’s word Ananias means an accursed person or thing, greatly detested. [/QUOTE] Might it be that your Anathema is just that liquidy thing they squirt in you to relieve constipation? ---
**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, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/162 "2008-04-21T15:47:27Z")
With friends like you, who needs enemas? ---
**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 21, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/163 "2008-04-21T15:48:06Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Might it be that your Anathema is just that liquidy thing they squirt in you to relieve constipation? [/QUOTE] I believe your enema is actually a puzzle… ---
**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, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/164 "2008-04-21T15:48:51Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] With friends like you, who needs enemas? [/QUOTE] So many places to go with this one… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/165 "2008-04-21T16:45:20Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] I believe your enema is actually a puzzle… [/QUOTE] I know I’m puzzled by what you’re trying to express, but let’s just say enigma is a badge of office, rank, membership, or nationality; an emblem. ---
**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, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/166 "2008-04-21T16:52:59Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] I know I’m puzzled by what you’re trying to express, but let’s just say enigma is a badge of office, rank, membership, or nationality; an emblem. [/QUOTE] We just don’t seem to agree on this. Your insignia is just a way of describing something that doesn’t matter, has little relevance, and can be ignored with no real loss ---
**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, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/167 "2008-04-21T17:02:20Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] We just don’t seem to agree on this. Your insignia is just a way of describing something that doesn’t matter, has little relevance, and can be ignored with no real loss [/QUOTE] I beg to differ. You seem to be convinced that a insignificant is something that it’s not. It’s really something you affix to a contract to make it legally binding. ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/168 "2008-04-21T19:34:10Z")
[QUOTE=MilTan] I beg to differ. You seem to be convinced that a insignificant is something that it’s not. It’s really something you affix to a contract to make it legally binding. [/QUOTE] Hammurabi may have come up with a legal code, but that’s as close as you got with this one. A signature was a style of Babylonian tower where each story was a little smaller than the one below it, pyramid-style. ---
**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, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/169 "2008-04-21T19:41:44Z")
No, Ziggur Rat was one of David Bowie’s personae. ---
**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/170 "2008-04-21T19:45:07Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, Ziggur Rat was one of David Bowie’s personae. [/QUOTE] No, Ziggie Stardust is that Pinhead you were thinking of earlier. 😃 ---
**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 21, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/171 "2008-04-21T20:06:48Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] No, Ziggie Stardust is that Pinhead you were thinking of earlier. 😃 [/QUOTE] Pinhead? You’re mistaken, sir. Zippy was a _red_head. Interesting socks on the girl, too. ---
**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, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/172 "2008-04-21T20:19:55Z")
Tarnation! Pippi is the patriarch of the Yokum family (“Li’l Abner”). ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/173 "2008-04-21T20:24:02Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Tarnation! Pippi is the patriarch of the Yokum family (“Li’l Abner”). [/QUOTE] I believe you’re wanting to say Pappy but that’s one of them purty flares they make dope out’n ---
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/174 "2008-04-21T20:26:26Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Tarnation! Pippi is the patriarch of the Yokum family (“Li’l Abner”). [/QUOTE] Not so fast, my little pretty. Pappy was one of the things the Wicked Witch conjured up to keep Dorothy from getting to the Emerald City. ---
**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, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/175 "2008-04-21T20:52:24Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Not so fast, my little pretty. Pappy was one of the things the Wicked Witch conjured up to keep Dorothy from getting to the Emerald City. [/QUOTE] Both you and **Zeldar** seem to have the same misconception. Poppy is what you call someone who a lot of people like. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/176 "2008-04-21T20:57:09Z")
[QUOTE=MilTan] Both you and **Zeldar** seem to have the same misconception. Poppy is what you call someone who a lot of people like. [/QUOTE] I might not be universally adored for pointing this out, but popular is a kind of tree sometimes called an aspen or cottonwood. ---
**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, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/177 "2008-04-21T21:00:11Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] I might not be universally adored for pointing this out, but popular is a kind of tree sometimes called an aspen or cottonwood. [/QUOTE] I stand beside you in my concern over how I may be perceived for pointing out that poplar is one of those big white bears up north ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/178 "2008-04-21T21:02:49Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] I might not be universally adored for pointing this out, but popular is a kind of tree sometimes called an aspen or cottonwood. [/QUOTE] My head is crowded with more responses than I can count but the only correct one really is populus which refers to the fact of containing many people or inhabitants. ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/179 "2008-04-21T21:55:08Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I stand beside you in my concern over how I may be perceived for pointing out that poplar is one of those big white bears up north [/QUOTE] Tut tut. Polaris the name given to electromagnetic radiation that has been restricted to vibrate in only one plane. (5-4 Fighting :I rather think that the word you meant to reference is the one that was included in your spoiler; which is why I ignored it. Nothing personal, honest. 😉) ---
**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 21, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579/180 "2008-04-21T22:24:56Z")
[QUOTE=MHaye] Tut tut. Polaris the name given to electromagnetic radiation that has been restricted to vibrate in only one plane. [/QUOTE] Tut, yourself, buster (or bustress?!?). Polarized describes the condition of someone who cannot move because of a spinal injury, for example. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropagation-thread-3-of-game-1-with-new-name/445579.md?page=10)