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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I have seen this usage in eBay listings and in other advertising. It prompts quite an interesting visual image.
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Marty, I heard about your submission from the forum page about assembling a list of new eggcorns. I think you have one that is so self-explanatory that perhaps that is why no comments have been left. It appears your submission is being greatly enjoyed, nonetheless. Just so you wouldn’t wonder what we’re thinking, I thought I’d leave you my comments and some examples from the wild. Google has 2,380 hits for “flamingo dancers”. Some of the examples are intentional but many are not:
When the DVD opens you get the flamingo dancers with brightly colored head dresses and you know it’s only gonna get better from there. ...
www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews
Models need to learn how to work with a partner therefore, the girls will learn how to dance flamingo style with handsome flamingo dancers. ...
www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2006/11/americas
... the Fiesta Dinner, complete with mariachis and flamingo dancers; and many “special events” that took full advantage of the unique Albuquerque locale. ...
www.westcomm.org/publications/news/april_04.html – 42k
The funny thing about your eggcorn, and most eggcorns is the imagery and mental machinations involved to create it. I think the examples above make a good case that the imagery of a flamingo being colorful, exotic and graceful make it a perfect eggcorn to be substituted for flamenco dancers, which are colorful, exotic and graceful. Flamenco is a classic example of a word that is not used except for flamenco dancing/flamenco music, making it ripe for an eggcorn when a familiar word like flamingo is within easy mental reach, especially considering all the imagery parallels. Thanks for a good laugh!
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