# Malapropogation 2014 **URL:** \ **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:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/41 "2014-03-10T09:54:28Z")
(Notwithstanding the fact that according to Wikipedia the Marines say **“Drill _Instructor_”** , and yes, that’s a _thing_ with them – the only thing I could find in several pages of military slang terms from many sources is “greenie beanie,” meaning “green beret;” and so, because it’s the middle of the night, or should I say “zero-stupid-thirty,” I am going to go with that. Incidentally, I had never heard of a hinny or a jenny. Fraid I’m not even quite clear on the whole donkey/mule thing. I know what a zedonk is, though. 🙂 ) I understand your confusion, because drill sergeants are scary & yell a lot too; however we’re talking about, not Marines, but _sub-marines_. You see, beanies were the bad guys in _Yellow Submarine._ ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/42 "2014-03-10T13:35:57Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > (Notwithstanding the fact that according to Wikipedia the Marines say **“Drill _Instructor_”** , and yes, that’s a _thing_ with them – the only thing I could find in several pages of military slang terms from many sources is “greenie beanie,” meaning “green beret;” and so, because it’s the middle of the night, or should I say “zero-stupid-thirty,” I am going to go with that. Incidentally, I had never heard of a hinny or a jenny. Fraid I’m not even quite clear on the whole donkey/mule thing. I know what a zedonk is, though. 🙂 ) > > I understand your confusion, because drill sergeants are scary & yell a lot too; however we’re talking about, not Marines, but _sub-marines_. > > You see, beanies were the bad guys in _Yellow Submarine._ If I may plead my own case of _zero-stupid-thirty_ I should have been more precise in my use of Marine Corps terminology and/or ranking specifics. In movies when the DI is allowing the recruits to say anthing at all, they will usually address the officer in charge as _Gunney_ which is short for _Gunnery Sergeant_ although I’m unaware if DI’s are always only Gunnery Sergeants. Eastwood was Gunnery Sergeant Highway in [Heartbreak Ridge (1986)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091187/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_16) and that’s what I’m basing my usage on. So, _gunney_ was my follow-up to _bunny_, but since we’ve moved on to Blue Meanies it’s my duty to inform you that that’s another slang term for _nervous hysteria_. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/43 "2014-03-11T15:15:24Z")
I get flustered just talking about it! But I have to, because you need to know that the willies is what Zeigfeld Girls are in. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/44 "2014-03-11T15:29:28Z")
My Lord, how these sound-alike and look-alike expressions just go every whichaway! Here I try to get you to see screaming meemies and you go instead for follies which anybody knows is what you call young female horses! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/45 "2014-03-11T16:15:56Z")
++ Cessation of Hostilities for a moment ++ Since this thread appears of major interest only to the two of us (as exhibited by > [@](#): > > Who Posted? > Total Posts: 44 > User Name Posts > > brujaja 25 > Zeldar 19 ) I’d like to see what we can dream up in the way of malapropisms that are at least partially regional in nature. Using [this page and its links](http://spark.rstudio.com/jkatz/DialectQuiz/) as a guide we should be able to come up with some sort of game where instead of simple malaprops we use regional equivalents or variants instead. Does that make any sense? ++ Back to this game ++ ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/46 "2014-03-11T16:25:32Z")
Well, horses are one of the things I’m talking about when I tell you that there are no fillies in kosher hot dogs. P.S.: Yes, I suspected we might have regional issues with the whole hinny/jenny/zedonk thing. 😉 It would be nice if others wanted to play. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089/47 "2014-03-11T16:43:30Z")
Well, here I go guessing what you must be trying to say, because filler was the surname of a gaudy female comic who passed way not too long ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-2014/683089.md?page=2)