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#1 2010-03-19 13:57:44

David Bird
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From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1710

"on the bring" for "on the brink"

“On the bring” may not be a pure eggcorn. It appears to blend together the ideas of “on the brink” and “bring it on”.

musical inspiration
I’m on the bring of a Musical Euphorism (Meshuggah)

do-it-yourself wiki
the world was on the bring of collapse and he knew his future and quite possibly the future of mankind was dire.

Edit: Or, on sober reflection, a WTFT.

Last edited by David Bird (2010-03-19 13:58:19)

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