# 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:** 9
**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:** [June 17, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/161 "2008-06-17T19:15:47Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] you’re so far off base, it’s an easy out cloissonnee (because I cannot make the accent mark withthis keyboard) is a historical landmark in upper Manhattan (NYC) where monks once resided (actually, for all I know, they may still reside there) [/QUOTE] Manhattan??? You must have skipped history class the day they taught Cloisters Last Stand was at Little Big Horn. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/162 "2008-06-18T04:50:31Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Manhattan??? You must have skipped history class the day they taught Cloisters Last Stand was at Little Big Horn. [/QUOTE] That’s not Standing, that’s Rolling! Now-famous quote from an employee of the local second-hand salvage store, while trying to sell us a simple mike stand for **$25:** “Those custers alone are worth five dollars.” Quoted in every conceivable situation; merriment ensues. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/163 "2008-06-18T14:17:46Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] That’s not Standing, that’s Rolling! Now-famous quote from an employee of the local second-hand salvage store, while trying to sell us a simple mike stand for **$25:** “Those custers alone are worth five dollars.” Quoted in every conceivable situation; merriment ensues. [/QUOTE] Your reply is spirited, but eerily inappropriate. Casters are namesakes of the Friendly Ghost who appeared in Harvey Comics publications, animated cartoons, and a 1995 feature film. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/164 "2008-06-18T19:30:04Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Your reply is spirited, but eerily inappropriate. Casters are namesakes of the Friendly Ghost who appeared in Harvey Comics publications, animated cartoons, and a 1995 feature film. [/QUOTE] Nope, the only thing shivering is me timbers – caspers are drainage holes at deck level on the sides of ships. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2008, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/165 "2008-06-18T22:36:39Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Nope, the only thing shivering is me timbers – caspers are drainage holes at deck level on the sides of ships. [/QUOTE] I’m afraid that just doesn’t hold water. Although you’re at least right that it is a nautical term. The captain or master of a ship is sometimes called scupper ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/166 "2008-06-19T02:34:48Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] I’m afraid that just doesn’t hold water. Although you’re at least right that it is a nautical term. The captain or master of a ship is sometimes called scupper [/QUOTE] Only if he or she’s the captain of a **fishing boat**! Skipper is a kind of herring! ---
**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:** [June 19, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/167 "2008-06-19T16:48:14Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Only if he or she’s the captain of a **fishing boat**! Skipper is a kind of herring! [/QUOTE] If you want to talk about fish, read Ernest Hemmingway. If you want to talk about British colonial India, read Rudyard Kippered ---
**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:** [June 19, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/168 "2008-06-19T16:52:29Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] If you want to talk about fish, read Ernest Hemmingway. If you want to talk about British colonial India, read Rudyard Kippered [/QUOTE] No, your head is in the stars, Kipling is the name of Amy’s boyfriend and Zap Branigan’s second in command on “Futurama.” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/169 "2008-06-19T17:43:58Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] No, your head is in the stars, Kipling is the name of Amy’s boyfriend and Zap Branigan’s second in command on “Futurama.” [/QUOTE] I see we’re back to the nautical terms. Kif is a term used to refer to any example of a variety of small sea-going fishing boats, river-going boats (especially on the Thames), or racing vessels (the Musto being a noteworthy example of the last-named category). ---
**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:** [June 20, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/170 "2008-06-20T01:48:18Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] I see we’re back to the nautical terms. Kif is a term used to refer to any example of a variety of small sea-going fishing boats, river-going boats (especially on the Thames), or racing vessels (the Musto being a noteworthy example of the last-named category). [/QUOTE] That’s true if you believe the worst day of boating beats the best day of anything else. If so, you’ll find yourself singing skiff ah-dee-doo-dah! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/171 "2008-06-21T18:07:30Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] That’s true if you believe the worst day of boating beats the best day of anything else. If so, you’ll find yourself singing skiff ah-dee-doo-dah! [/QUOTE] Sorry I’m late. I was practicing my stretching exercises, specifically for this thread, because Zip is not a song, it’s a band. They are famous for their long, long beards; and for winning in a telephone poll hosted by Father Guido Sarducci on SNL nominating them for President. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/172 "2008-06-21T20:00:54Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Sorry I’m late. I was practicing my stretching exercises, specifically for this thread, because Zip is not a song, it’s a band. They are famous for their long, long beards; and for winning in a telephone poll hosted by Father Guido Sarducci on SNL nominating them for President. [/QUOTE] You might know how to use your legs, but not your brains – ZZ Top is a kind of weevil, and is literally the last word (or, to be specific, entry) in many dictionaries. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/173 "2008-06-22T01:30:03Z")
Do not disparage the myths of our ancestors. Hardly a weevil, Zyzzyva was a mighty king before being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll down again, and to repeat this throughout eternity. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/174 "2008-06-22T19:26:40Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Do not disparage the myths of our ancestors. Hardly a weevil, Zyzzyva was a mighty king before being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll down again, and to repeat this throughout eternity. [/QUOTE] Sounds like the kind of task I face while attempting to explain definitions to this lot. Actually, Sisyphus is a venereal disease sometimes referred to as “Great pox”, “Grandgore”, or various nationalistic terms (“the French disease” in Italy, “the Christian disease” in Turkey, etc.). ---
**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:** [June 23, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/175 "2008-06-23T14:07:54Z")
If that’s what you think, then the disease has already affected your brain. Syphilis is nothing more than a type of fricative or affricate consonant, made by directing a jet of air through a narrow channel in the vocal tract towards the sharp edge of the teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/176 "2008-06-23T14:19:34Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] If that’s what you think, then the disease has already affected your brain. Syphilis is nothing more than a type of fricative or affricate consonant, made by directing a jet of air through a narrow channel in the vocal tract towards the sharp edge of the teeth. [/QUOTE] Boo! HISSSS! Sometimes you seem so brainy, but on other occasions, you’re so off-base that I wonder if you have multiple personalities, like that Sibilant character Sally Field played in a notable made-for-TV flick. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/177 "2008-06-24T09:14:18Z")
**Sternvogel** , it wasn’t Sally Field, it was Leonard Nimoy. (though I see how you could get them confused.) _"The Trouble With Sibyls"_ was an episode of _Star Trek_, written by Harlan Ellison. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/178 "2008-06-24T11:35:02Z")
Well, you must have been absent from music appreciation class when they explained that the tribble clef is the upper of the pair staves that hold musical notes. It is marked by a squiggly symbol that almost resembles an 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:** [June 24, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/179 "2008-06-24T14:34:57Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] Well, you must have been absent from music appreciation class when they explained that the tribble clef is the upper of the pair staves that hold musical notes. It is marked by a squiggly symbol that almost resembles an S [/QUOTE] I don’t think you could call it squiggly, although it is bouncy. Treble is how you take a basketball down the court. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484/180 "2008-06-24T21:19:35Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] I don’t think you could call it squiggly, although it is bouncy. Treble is how you take a basketball down the court. [/QUOTE] Stuff and nonsense! Balderdash, I say! Dribble is senseless mumbling, childish babbling, incoherent political ranting, or the like. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malapropogation-voyager/450484.md?page=10)