http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#f1f8d33f-fb24-4a38-9932-b38dd0cacb3f 'Malaprop' is in Merriam-Webster these days--it's a noun form of malapropism. Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:51:57 GMT http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#f1f8d33f-fb24-4a38-9932-b38dd0cacb3f Timbozo 2009-01-19T05:51:57Z http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#acb4b20f-ac72-4fe0-a38b-b0408a48d2b0 It doesn't recognize it because it's "malapropism." And it's also "misunderestimated." Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:36:50 GMT http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#acb4b20f-ac72-4fe0-a38b-b0408a48d2b0 JM 2009-01-18T23:36:50Z http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#df43b503-90e8-422b-9198-03dd4b218634 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. Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:26:53 GMT http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#df43b503-90e8-422b-9198-03dd4b218634 Timbozo 2009-01-18T19:26:53Z http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#9afcc169-bfb5-4631-86f2-6894c487e9fd Fantabulous. Looks like we could all find employmentality there if we felt thus intermarested. Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:07:46 GMT http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#9afcc169-bfb5-4631-86f2-6894c487e9fd JM 2009-01-18T14:07:46Z http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#a97c6207-f6ff-40a6-94fb-74d9359ffdd8 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embiggen shows and example entry. The wiktionary is embiggenning daily. Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:03:12 GMT http://lingofactory.tribe.net/thread/bcf21852-b03e-457b-910c-949a6a9f4549#a97c6207-f6ff-40a6-94fb-74d9359ffdd8 Timbozo 2009-01-16T20:03:12Z