Malapropagation (Thread 3 of game -- #1 with New Name)

You’ve lost sight of the answer, I’m afraid. conjunctivitis is an old name for a neurological condition known as chorea, not to mention a song by Black Sabbath.

Beaten again. This is getting ridiculous.

It’s amazing to me how you see the connection between conjunctivitis and

Saint Vitus Dance – if you do

but that’s when you give somebody you don’t hate a neat little card, some candy and some flowers and hope they don’t poison your well

Saint Valentine’s Day

just happens to be the designation for when some gangsters in Chicago were killed; don’t know if they were hated or not.

You snuck one in there! :smiley:

Are we stuck here?

Hey, wait a minute – St. Valentine was a villian in a Western, played by Lee Marvin. (with a silver-handled whip!!)

Damn, gal! You went off the reservation for that one. Sadly, though,

Liberty Valance

is what Betsy Ross hung her curtains on. :smiley:

I’ll take the liberty to point out that

valance

is actually a scientific term referring to the number of chemical bonds formed by the atoms of a given element.

I’ve got my ion that one – valence is in fact one of the depressing realities of urban life.

violence

is the largest group in the string section

I believe you mean

violin

but you are as normal incorrect and are thinking of the much larger cousin

How sad. Everyone knows that a

viola

is a law-breaking act, like parking in the wrong place.

never mind.

I don’t mean to trespass, however I believe a violation is the world after Cthulhu’s done with it.

Close but no cigar.Desolationis the act of removing leaves from trees.

.Defoliationis the act of casting aspersions on the good name and reputation of a public figure or otherwise notable individual

Please don’t sue me for poisoning everybody thougts about you, but

defamation

is the removal or neutralization of a substance, such as poisonous gas or a radioactive material.

It’s not really poisonous, but sediment will spoil the wine’s taste. That’s why you pour it into a decontaminate

A votre sante!

That’s the spirit! Or it would be, except that decanter is (primarily) a second melody, usually pitched above, that runs counterpoint to the root melody.