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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I have a friend who is the queen of Malaprops. In making fun of herself she invented this phrase… instead of “Giving up the ghost”.
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Your friend isn’t alone. This is in the Database here: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/714/goat/
It’s one of the more entertaining Database entries—an older British gentleman (via Jeanette Winterson) provides a charming explanation for the eggcorn. And some of the comments to the entry are interesting in a head-scratching way.
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