Misuse of words – doing it on purpose! – Page 2 – Chat Forum

tthew · 2020-03-27T09:29:00Z

Without wishing to outrage the pedants on the other thread, do you have words you misuse purposely for comedy affect or otherwise? me, Suppository instead of repository. Unfortunately not a common opportunity for this one, but I did slip it into a work PowerPoint presentation once regarding a data suppository. 😁 Vegetabules instead of Vegetables. Really annoys the missus and daughter, and they stupidly pointed this out to me.

gallowayboy

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Washing/shopping/waste paper bastard.
Bastardball. Still makes me chuckle hundreds of years later...

Posted : 28/03/2020 9:23 am

mikertroid

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Momentarily. I use it like the Yanks do: in a moment, rather than for a moment.

Interrogative. Again from US Military Radio Telephony: I have a question.

I have many more I deliberately misuse to amuse myself. 🙄

Posted : 28/03/2020 2:41 pm

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"Sausinges!", as a tacit tribute to my old mate Bluebottle.

Probably a thousand other deliberate mispronunciations also in the style of various Goon Show characters, to be honest. I don't get out much.

Posted : 28/03/2020 2:45 pm

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