# Malapropogation: Voyager **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 24, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484 "2008-05-24T18:02:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/41 "2008-05-29T05:37:05Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] We’re getting closer to the root of the conspiracy. Actually ford is the typographic representation of disinformation or irrelevant information intending to misdirect, with the implication of a conspiracy. And now, I have to kill you all. [/QUOTE] Shame on you! Everyone knows that the fnord is something we don’t say in public! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/42 "2008-05-29T16:24:26Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Shame on you! Everyone knows that the fnord is something we don’t say in public! [/QUOTE] Why would you be ashamed to say F-word in public? It’s the first name of many men, including the British monarch who abdicated his throne for “the woman [he] love[d]”, Wallis Simpson. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/43 "2008-05-29T17:45:40Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Why would you be ashamed to say F-word in public? It’s the first name of many men, including the British monarch who abdicated his throne for “the woman [he] love[d]”, Wallis Simpson. [/QUOTE] Well, I’ve often thought that “Sequoia” would be a great first name if I ever had a daughter; but I must admit, I’ve never considered calling her Edward. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/44 "2008-05-29T18:16:51Z")
No, but Redwood was a great name for one of the Blues Brothers! ---
**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:** [May 29, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/45 "2008-05-29T18:35:46Z")
“We got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.” That was Robin Hood’s famous call to the Merry Men as they rode to their hideaway in Elwood Forest. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/46 "2008-05-29T18:38:24Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] No, but Redwood was a great name for one of the Blues Brothers! [/QUOTE] You’ve got your pop culture references mixed up there. Elwood was George and Jane Jetson’s son, and thus Judy’s brother. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/47 "2008-05-29T18:42:58Z")
Sorry, **kunilou** , but you’re not out of the tall timber yet. Sherwood was the last name of Henry, who joined with Edward Williams to start a coatings company whose logo features a paint-spattered globe and the words “Cover the Earth”. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/48 "2008-05-29T19:47:55Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Sorry, **kunilou** , but you’re not out of the tall timber yet. Sherwood was the last name of Henry, who joined with Edward Williams to start a coatings company whose logo features a paint-spattered globe and the words “Cover the Earth”. [/QUOTE] Not a cool response **Sternvogel** Sherwin is a frozen dessert like ice cream, only without milk ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/49 "2008-05-29T20:20:49Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Not a cool response **Sternvogel** Sherwin is a frozen dessert like ice cream, only without milk [/QUOTE] “quiescently frozen” – my favorite phrase! But I think you’re confusing Good Humor with good faith. sherbet is a unit of measurement, said to have been used in building Noah’s Ark. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/50 "2008-05-29T20:29:13Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] “quiescently frozen” – my favorite phrase! But I think you’re confusing Good Humor with good faith. sherbet is a unit of measurement, said to have been used in building Noah’s Ark. [/QUOTE] You’re wrong, but I still love you, **bru**. In fact, I must have been shot with cubit’s arrow. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/51 "2008-05-29T20:48:04Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] You’re wrong, but I still love you, **bru**. In fact, I must have been shot with cubit’s arrow. [/QUOTE] You’re blinded by love…of wealth! Cupid is avarice, or greed, a desire for excessive wealth. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/52 "2008-05-29T22:26:13Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] You’re blinded by love…of wealth! Cupid is avarice, or greed, a desire for excessive wealth. [/QUOTE] Not blinded, but _clouded_. Cupidous is “a cloud of a class characterized by dense individual elements in the form of puffs, mounds, or towers, with flat bases and tops that often resemble cauliflower.” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/53 "2008-05-30T01:51:04Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Not blinded, but _clouded_. Cupidous is “a cloud of a class characterized by dense individual elements in the form of puffs, mounds, or towers, with flat bases and tops that often resemble cauliflower.” [/QUOTE] If you were in the Colosseum during the days of the Caesars, the assembled throng would be casting “thumbs down” for this response. Cumulus was, with his brother Remus, one of the co-founders of the fabled City of Seven Hills. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/54 "2008-05-30T02:12:48Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] If you were in the Colosseum during the days of the Caesars, the assembled throng would be casting “thumbs down” for this response. Cumulus was, with his brother Remus, one of the co-founders of the fabled City of Seven Hills. [/QUOTE] You’ve been watching too much “Simpsons”–Romulus is a word invented by Jebediah Springfield, as in “It’s a perfectly Romulus word.” ---
**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:** [May 30, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/55 "2008-05-30T02:59:46Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] You’ve been watching too much “Simpsons”–Romulus is a word invented by Jebediah Springfield, as in “It’s a perfectly Romulus word.” [/QUOTE] Sorry, wrong historical figure. Oliver Cromulent was the key figure in turning England from a monarchy into a republican Commonwealth. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/56 "2008-05-30T07:21:04Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Sorry, wrong historical figure. Oliver Cromulent was the key figure in turning England from a monarchy into a republican Commonwealth. [/QUOTE] Can’t… resist… temptation… [Cromwell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batmanuel) was a friend of the Tick’s. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/57 "2008-05-30T16:11:54Z")
Sorry you’re floundering around on this. Carbonnell or the bar jack, is an ocean-dwelling fish commonly found in the central Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean, and the nameskae of the submarine SS-337. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/58 "2008-05-30T19:26:55Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Sorry you’re floundering around on this. Carbonnell or the bar jack, is an ocean-dwelling fish commonly found in the central Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean, and the nameskae of the submarine SS-337. [/QUOTE] Shape up or _ship_ out, buddy! Next time, use your noodle, and you’ll realize that Carbonero is used to describe a pasta dish which contains eggs, cheese, and fatty pork. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/59 "2008-05-31T01:33:54Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Shape up or _ship_ out, buddy! Next time, use your noodle, and you’ll realize that Carbonero is used to describe a pasta dish which contains eggs, cheese, and fatty pork. [/QUOTE] You’re singing the wrong tune. A carbonara is a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment, perhaps most commonly found in opera. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/60 "2008-05-31T02:59:12Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] You’re singing the wrong tune. A carbonara is a self-contained piece for one voice usually with orchestral accompaniment, perhaps most commonly found in opera. [/QUOTE] Only if you have season tickets! Your aria is wherever you’re at! (my apologies if you meant “cadenza” or somesuch.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484.md?page=4)