# Malapropogation 2014
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [March 7, 2014, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089 "2014-03-07T08:02:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/1 "2014-03-07T08:02:52Z")
See how it works [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=469256)
I’ll start: I love that made-up expletive they use in _Firefly,_
groom.
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/2 "2014-03-07T10:15:43Z")
That is _so_ not shiny, **brujaja!**
A gorram is a kind of masala used in Indian cooking.
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/3 "2014-03-07T18:28:24Z")
Spice may be preciousss, but you’re still wrong.
Garam is that creepy guy from _Lord of the Rings_.
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/4 "2014-03-07T18:32:35Z")
Creepy is right, but he’s not from _Lord of the Rings._
A gollum is a Kabbalistic automaton made of clay.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/5 "2014-03-07T18:51:40Z")
The rules appear to have changed since my last time to play this game
But
Gollum
is what Gomer Pyle used to say all the time…
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/6 "2014-03-07T18:58:32Z")
(psssst! It’s “golem.” You figure out the preceeding clue, then make a new wrong definition.)
I don’t think Gomer ever served in Indonesia, **Zeldar**.
Gollee! is an island nation where gamelan music comes from.
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/7 "2014-03-07T19:55:47Z")
You’re quite wrong, legong.
“Bali!”
is what Teddy Roosevelt used to say.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/8 "2014-03-07T20:07:50Z")
Maybe I misheard it, but Bully! was Roy Rogers’s dog’s name.
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/9 "2014-03-07T20:15:20Z")
Did he ever wear a tutu? Because bullet is a demanding kind of dance.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/10 "2014-03-07T20:19:12Z")
Maybe I got it all wrong but I was sure that ballet was one of those funny-looking Russian guitar thingies.
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/11 "2014-03-07T20:24:15Z")
I would think the strings would get caught in your teeth, because
balalaika is a delicious Middle Eastern pastry made with honey and nuts.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/12 "2014-03-07T21:10:12Z")
It may seem that way to you, but I’m afraid baklava is sort of like a ski mask to be worn appropriately at the Stop and Rob.
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2014, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/13 "2014-03-08T07:44:44Z")
Only if that ski mask is for skiing in Tibet; because a
balaclava is someone who has attained enlightenment, but has not yet entered Nirvana. (in order to help others along.)
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2014, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/14 "2014-03-08T07:48:10Z")
That depends on one’s path to enlightenment I guess –
bodhisattva is a marijuana plant.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/15 "2014-03-08T13:56:16Z")
In case you were going for cannabis sativa the only thing I can think of is that “dive” where you make a big splash. 😃
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/16 "2014-03-08T14:44:13Z")
Hernando’s Hideaway?
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/17 "2014-03-08T14:51:40Z")
Studio 54? A half-gaynor? Las Vegas casino? Hmmmm…
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/18 "2014-03-08T14:54:00Z")
> [@brujaja](#):
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> Hernando’s Hideaway?
> [@brujaja](#):
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> Studio 54? A half-gaynor? Las Vegas casino? Hmmmm…
Terrific! Especially HH!
Cannonball.
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/19 "2014-03-08T14:59:14Z")
Well, it definitely does involve moisture –
cannonball is the kind of bliss you get when you’re first married.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/20 "2014-03-08T15:05:02Z")
Well, I can see what you’re thinking of but
connubial is where some folks make meals of each other.
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