Friday Funnies: Angry English Major

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Image from the October 12, 2012 strip of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

While a more in-depth definition can be found at Merriam-Webster, malapropism is basically a case of using a similarly sounding word in a way that ends up humorous.

Not sure what a malapropism is? In light of the death of Jean Stapleton, I thought I'd share a couple of examples of malapropisms from All in the Family's Archie Bunker.

• the Women's Liberation Movement became "the Women's Lubrication Movement"
  
• “This is a Jewish cake! They give this to a Jewish kid before he gets circumscribed.”
  
• “The Bible, if ya read it you'd know. It's right in the beginning there, in the Book of Generous.”
  
• “What do I look like, an inferior decorator?”
  
• “At night they all come out of the subway and they're hooverin' around the corner.”

What are some of your favorite malapropisms?


Malapropism Sources

• Malapropism @ Wikipedia
  
• Malapropisms @ CenterStage.org