Tribe.net. Local Connections Timbozo http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#f1f8d33f-fb24-4a38-9932-b38dd0cacb3f 2009-01-19T05:51:57Z 2009-01-19T05:51:57Z

'Malaprop' is in Merriam-Webster these days--it's a noun form of malapropism.

Timbozo 2009-01-19T05:51:57Z JM http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#acb4b20f-ac72-4fe0-a38b-b0408a48d2b0 2009-01-18T23:36:50Z 2009-01-18T23:36:50Z

It doesn't recognize it because it's "malapropism." And it's also "misunderestimated."

JM 2009-01-18T23:36:50Z Timbozo http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#df43b503-90e8-422b-9198-03dd4b218634 2009-01-18T19:26:53Z 2009-01-18T19:26:53Z

My bro used the term "misundertaken" last night and I looked it up on the wiktionary and it wasn't in there! The terms been in use on the Internet for some time and I'm guessing that a malaprop (heh--my browser dictionary doesn't recognize that word) like that was in wide use much before our era.

Timbozo 2009-01-18T19:26:53Z JM http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#9afcc169-bfb5-4631-86f2-6894c487e9fd 2009-01-18T14:07:46Z 2009-01-18T14:07:46Z

Fantabulous. Looks like we could all find employmentality there if we felt thus intermarested.

JM 2009-01-18T14:07:46Z Timbozo http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#a97c6207-f6ff-40a6-94fb-74d9359ffdd8 2009-01-16T20:03:12Z 2009-01-16T20:03:12Z

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embiggen shows and example entry. The wiktionary is embiggenning daily.

Timbozo 2009-01-16T20:03:12Z