Okay folks. Question time!
What's your favourite malapropism?
Today I learned that "spitting image" is a malapropism! But we're not sure if it comes from "spit and image" (from "he's the very spit of..." someone else), or - and I think this makes more sense - *spirit and image*, deformed over time. But so many forms have been used, no one knows for sure!
Other fun ones:
On tender hooks ("tenterhooks")
A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but you mean your mother.
What's your favourite?
I love this one because it leans on the idea that anything polysyllabic ending in "-ate" must be menacing.
Eviscerate
Decimate
Obliterate
Subjugate
Confiscate
Indoctrinate
...Illiterate? Eh, close enough.
saw a performance of The Liar, translated by David Ivers this year. Probably a lot in there but i have a hard time remembering lines
Hilarious, a must see if you can catch a performance