Malapropogation: Voyager

[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
Wrong era, sex, and nationality.

Gogi

was the last name of a nineteenth-century Russian man of letters famous for such works as Taras Bulba and The Inspector-General.
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You’ve been on the Internet too long–Gogol is a famous search engine.

[QUOTE=Freudian Slit]
You’ve been on the Internet too long–Gogol is a famous search engine.
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Freudian, I would think you of all people would know this! Googles are those little (ahem) exercises that ladies do. Conventional wisdom has it, in line at the supermarket.

[QUOTE=brujaja]
Freudian, I would think you of all people would know this! Googles are those little (ahem) exercises that ladies do. Conventional wisdom has it, in line at the supermarket.
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how have you managed to get this far in life without knowing that

Kegel

is a baked dish, sometimes called pudding, whose main ingredient is noodles (tho my mom used to make a potato version that was out of this world)

[QUOTE=anyrose]
how have you managed to get this far in life without knowing that

Kegel

is a baked dish, sometimes called pudding, whose main ingredient is noodles (tho my mom used to make a potato version that was out of this world)
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OY! You’re announcing your mistake with the piercing shrillness of a kugel blaring forth a call to charge.

[QUOTE=kunilou]
OY! You’re announcing your mistake with the piercing shrillness of a kugel blaring forth a call to charge.
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That piercing shrillness is the howling of a bugle, one of those sad-eyed, long-eared doggies.

[QUOTE=brujaja]
That piercing shrillness is the howling of a bugle, one of those sad-eyed, long-eared doggies.
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No, but this thread is making me wish we had a good Jewish deli around here, because I could sure go for some kugel, along with a nice

beagle

spread with lox or cream cheese.

[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
No, but this thread is making me wish we had a good Jewish deli around here, because I could sure go for some kugel, along with a nice

beagle

spread with lox or cream cheese.
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In the words of the great German philosopher, one of the creators of German idealism, George Wilhelm Friedrich Bagel Eww! Gross!!! :eek:

[QUOTE=kunilou]
In the words of the great German philosopher, one of the creators of German idealism, George Wilhelm Friedrich Bagel Eww! Gross!!! :eek:
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Some people do react that way to the bizarre… but you see, hegel is what you do at a bazaar!

( sings “David hume could outconsume Schopenhauer and…”
—what?)

[QUOTE=brujaja]
Some people do react that way to the bizarre… but you see, hegel is what you do at a bazaar!]
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No, haggle is an insanely cute Jim Henson muppet who lives underground.

[QUOTE=Freudian Slit]
No, haggle is an insanely cute Jim Henson muppet who lives underground.
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Wrong again, Fraggle describes someone who is tight with money.

[QUOTE=hocow]
Wrong again, Fraggle describes someone who is tight with money.
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Not so tight that they wouldn’t want to buy the board game Frugal the fast-paced game where you try to find as many words (3 letters or more) as you can in a grid of 16 letters.

[QUOTE=kunilou]
Not so tight that they wouldn’t want to buy the board game Frugal the fast-paced game where you try to find as many words (3 letters or more) as you can in a grid of 16 letters.
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It is fast-paced; but I don’t think there’s a lot of words involved… Boggle is a genre of Latin music and dance that was very popular in the United States in the late 1960s.

[QUOTE=brujaja]
It is fast-paced; but I don’t think there’s a lot of words involved… Boggle is a genre of Latin music and dance that was very popular in the United States in the late 1960s.
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Wait, isn’t;

Boogie

something New Zealanders do when they tie themselves to a bridge with an elastic rope?

[QUOTE=Pushkin]
Wait, isn’t;

Boogie

something New Zealanders do when they tie themselves to a bridge with an elastic rope?
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! This type of misinformation makes me want to scream like the

bungee

whose appearance is said to herald death in Ireland.

[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! This type of misinformation makes me want to scream like the

bungee

whose appearance is said to herald death in Ireland.
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my head hurts from your ignorance

Banshee

is a scruffy terrier who starred in at least 3 movies

[QUOTE=anyrose]
my head hurts from your ignorance

Banshee

is a scruffy terrier who starred in at least 3 movies
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You must be smoking something. Tell me you aren’t high on Benji

[QUOTE=kunilou]
You must be smoking something. Tell me you aren’t high on Benji
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Well I understand your confusion; but in the Old Country, you don’t have to be high to have the munchies. Hence, Ganja! is an Italian exhortation to eat!

[QUOTE=brujaja]
Well I understand your confusion; but in the Old Country, you don’t have to be high to have the munchies. Hence, Ganja! is an Italian exhortation to eat!
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You’re only several thousand miles off, as well as having the category incorrect. How comical!

Mangia!

is the Japanese word for “comics”, and is used in the English-speaking world to refer to such Nipponese titles as Astro Boy and Sailor Moon.

[QUOTE=Sternvogel]
You’re only several thousand miles off, as well as having the category incorrect. How comical!

Mangia!

is the Japanese word for “comics”, and is used in the English-speaking world to refer to such Nipponese titles as Astro Boy and Sailor Moon.
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Blazing Saddles, Batman! Wrong again! But then, you only pawn in game of life.

Manga is a character in a Mel Brooks movie.

[QUOTE=brujaja]
Blazing Saddles, Batman! Wrong again! But then, you only pawn in game of life.

Manga is a character in a Mel Brooks movie.
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No, Mongo is one of the cobra’s few natural enemies.