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Jazz Spazz said:
idioms gone wrong

"nipped that in the butt"

Please stop!
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Mixed (malaphors) idioms are even better. "Cut it to the bud" and "Nip it in the quick" I have heard recently. Some I use on purpose because I find them humorous, like "it's not rocket surgery". But I can't believe the number of times I hear mixed up and wrong idioms, especially in the media and from public figures. There is actually a web site devoted to this.

https://malaphors.com/

They list these from public figures, famous people, media, etc.

The White House is lying its teeth off
Posted: September 1, 2017 | Author: davemalaphor | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Daily Beast, expressions, humor, language, lying through your teeth, lying your *** off, malaphor, malaphors, MSNBC, Rachel Maddow Show, words | Leave a comment
This was heard on the Rachel Maddow Show from Astajuan Subasang of the Daily Beast, who was talking about Gorka leaving the Trump Administration: “…the White House is lying its teeth off.” This is a nice mashup of “lying through your teeth” (telling someone something that you know is completely false) and “lying your *** off” (lie continually). I suppose if you can lie your *** off it is not hard to think you can do the same with your teeth. A big thanks to Frank King who heard this one and passed it on!
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LogGrad98 said:
Mixed (malaphors) idioms are even better. "Cut it to the bud" and "Nip it in the quick" I have heard recently. Some I use on purpose because I find them humorous, like "it's not rocket surgery". But I can't believe the number of times I hear mixed up and wrong idioms, especially in the media and from public figures. There is actually a web site devoted to this.

https://malaphors.com/

They list these from public figures, famous people, media, etc.
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I have a friend that says "biting at the chomp" and argues that he is using it correctly.
 
fishonjazz said:
I have a friend that says "biting at the chomp" and argues that he is using it correctly.
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My granny caught me sayin look at them tig ole bitties so I tricked her into thinkin it meant jerks. Since than she always would curse at people with it an we'd chuckle at her.
 
Boris said:
My granny caught me sayin look at them tig ole bitties so I tricked her into thinkin it meant jerks. Since than she always would curse at people with it an we'd chuckle at her.
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Oh Boris you scamp!
 
I woke up and half of my eye was filled with blood. I must have farted way too hard. I look like a jackass and have several work events planned that I can't get out of.
 
When I'm using the JFC app on my phone and I think I'm hovering my thumb far enough from the screen, but instead I end up "liking" or "thanking" an absolute crap post.
 
colton said:
In related news, I hate when I forget where I parked, and end up walking five minutes out of my way just to have to turn around and go back the other direction. Did that happen to me today? Maybe.
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I do this pretty frequently, but in my defense, it's not like I don't need the exercise.
 
bigb said:
When I'm using the JFC app on my phone and I think I'm hovering my thumb far enough from the screen, but instead I end up "liking" or "thanking" an absolute crap post.
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Pretty sure you can just touch it again in order to deselect the like/thank.
 
fishonjazz said:
I have a friend that says "biting at the chomp" and argues that he is using it correctly.
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A guy on a conference call just said "we are still getting our feet acclimated to the new process"? Wut?
 
colton said:
Pretty sure you can just touch it again in order to deselect the like/thank.
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Nope.
I just tried it on your post. I clicked the like button and it liked your post and then promptly disappeared and clicked the thanked button and it "bolded" yet remained but I couldn't "unclick"
 
fishonjazz said:
Nope.
I just tried it on your post. I clicked the like button and it liked your post and then promptly disappeared and clicked the thanked button and it "bolded" yet remained but I couldn't "unclick"
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Weird. I'm nearly certain I used to be able to do that in the app. But I just tried it with your post also, but same thing happened. Maybe Jason changed some setting. Oh well.
 
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