# The Malaprop Thread!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-malaprop-thread/404181>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 15, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-malaprop-thread/404181 "2007-05-15T14:30:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-malaprop-thread/404181/61 "2007-05-17T14:27:19Z")

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[QUOTE=Zeldar]  
I’ve heard quite a few people refer to the ailment as _Old Timer’s_.  
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I have, too, but I always assume it’s a joke.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-malaprop-thread/404181/62 "2007-05-17T14:31:09Z")

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[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry]  
Regarding “aggregated,” I had a college roommate who was a tad dim. I asked if I could read her People magazine I saw laying on her desk and she said, “Sure, anytime. I have a _perscription_.”  
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So aside from substituting prescription for subscription, she also pronounced prescription wrong? It’s double the dumb!

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-malaprop-thread/404181/63 "2007-05-17T15:18:46Z")

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I was helping my boyfriend’s aunt move, and for some reason she had a ton of dressers to move. Like 2 in each bedroom.

She kept calling them “Chester drawers,” meaning, I think, “chest of drawers.” I was going to correct her because there were so many, it really grated on me…but my boyfriend says it too! I think it is a family thing.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-malaprop-thread/404181/64 "2007-05-17T15:43:19Z")

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[QUOTE=OpalCat]  
So aside from substituting prescription for subscription, she also pronounced prescription wrong? It’s double the dumb!  
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Ha! No, I think I was just dumb with my spelling!

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-malaprop-thread/404181/65 "2007-05-17T19:47:38Z")

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[QUOTE=Ellen Cherry]  
Ha! No, I think I was just dumb with my spelling!  
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Oh whoops, sorry then. I didn’t mean any offense by making fun of it. We can all make typos!

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