I'm well-read, and I didn't get the malaprop there. From Wordnik.com. [HH Com 395] Reference
The pregnant pause as he fumbles for the right malaprop…?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bush on Iraq: ‘We’re Not Leaving So Long As I’m The President’] Reference
Eva Gabor co-starred as his malaprop-dropping socialite wife, Lisa. From Wordnik.com. [A MAN MADE FOR THESE PRIME TIMES] Reference
Well, Howard Waldrop is the greatest malaprop short story writer of our time. From Wordnik.com. [Did You Ever Have One of Those Ideas? at SF Novelists] Reference
The word “leader” is supposed to be a superlative, and not a malaprop or a sick joke. From Wordnik.com. [So. Eric Massa is retiring. Eric. Massa. | RedState] Reference
A malaprop (according to my trusty keyboard-worn Apple Dictionary Version 2.0.2) is a noun. From Wordnik.com. [Steven Weber: Dick Cheney: We Done Him Wrong] Reference
Are we facing epidemic spread or are we 'behind the curve' another malaprop? of the evolution of language?. From Wordnik.com. [This just in: authors prey on careless copy editor!] Reference
Sometimes we had laughed at him, when he, a good-humored malaprop, made vague clutches at the thread of discourse. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference
Of course, I got “when ducks cry”, but I also thought that “malaprop” might be “what it sounds like when ducks cry”. From Wordnik.com. [malaprop | clusterflock] Reference
Messina says, I found the inspiration for the book in chapter eleven, when malaprop-prone Amy calls her Aunt March ‘a regular samphire.’. From Wordnik.com. [Monster Mashups « educating alice] Reference
But perhaps the prize for malaprop words of the year should go to Texas congressman and oil industry beneficiary Joe Barton, who apologized to BP for the compensation fund as a shakedown. From Wordnik.com. [Politicians Suffering From 'Foot In Mouth' Disease] Reference
Sounds like a malaprop infant using a couch like a bus or something. From Wordnik.com. [Blogtimore, Hon] Reference
Where's my favorite, Bush's malaprop moment, "Let freedom reign!". From Wordnik.com. [Center for American Progress Action Fund] Reference
The champ is a malaprop-spouting monster who terrorizes his misfit waitstaff. From Wordnik.com. [Philly.com - Latest Videos] Reference
Snookie starts carrying a Valextra bag, it is inevitable that she will malaprop the name into. From Wordnik.com. [All Stories | The New York Observer] Reference
The measure was even ingeniously malaprop, considered from the point of view of its purpose towards Great Britain, whether retaliatory or coercive. From Wordnik.com. [Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1] Reference
Beloved local sportscaster Buddy Diliberto, a king of the malaprop, once said about the team's ball-control success, "The Saints led in time of obsession.". From Wordnik.com. [The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines] Reference
Though I am a diehard member of the Red Sox nation, I must confess I have always had a soft spot in my heart for that master of the malaprop -- Yogi Berra. From Wordnik.com. [Feeds4all documents in category 'SEO'] Reference
BEFORE classifying, we define a malaprop as a word used in the belief that it has the meaning really belonging to another word that resembles it in some particular. From Wordnik.com. [Malaprops.] Reference
One line, too, has been added to this speech which is a gratuitous invention of the translator, or rather, taken from the curious malaprop speech of the laboring classes. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway] Reference
In my mind’s ear I will hear “malaprop” the next time I see a disconsolate duck. From Wordnik.com. [malaprop | clusterflock] Reference
malaprop, malapropism: 1. Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Speculist: Swarming Robots] Reference
While I think it’s pretty funny, I also tend to agree with the theory that the president’s malaprop endears him to his base. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bush says he uses “the Google.”] Reference
Ordinal malaprop automatic flickr upload twitterbox twitter client second life scripts flame generator second life script eventcal lllinkmessage llrequestagentdata. From Wordnik.com. [YesButNoButYes: Top Ten Things We're #1 On Google For] Reference
"My town has got to be the malaprop capital of the world. From Wordnik.com. [The American Spectator] Reference
What a maroon "I think you need to join a malaprop support group. From Wordnik.com. [NBC Philadelphia - Top Stories] Reference
What and whence was this little malaprop?. From Wordnik.com. [Somehow Good] Reference
This obama malaprop via Gateway Pundit. From Wordnik.com. [pamibe] Reference
malaprop | clusterflock etc. From Wordnik.com. [malaprop | clusterflock] Reference
Hint: a certain malaprop-ridden ex-president. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Dick Cheney makes surprise appearance at CPAC to chants of ‘Cheney! Cheney! Cheney!’] Reference
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