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#1 2010-10-15 17:51:12

Peter Forster
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From: UK
Registered: 2006-09-06
Posts: 1222

'passafist' for pacifist'

I spotted ‘passafist’ in the comments section of a gallery today and realised that I’d never noticed the fist in pacifist before, but it was looming large in the possible eggcorn. It looks as if it could suggest avoiding or otherwise ignoring some pugilistic challenge:

A Passafist is someone who refuses to fight unless it’s for self defense. Does not mean that he is afraid to fight.

i am a passafist. i do not partake in violence.

... I don’t care for her because all she does is get thrown around like a ragdoll and shes too much of a passafist to do anything about it. ...

He is a passafist, and doesn’t really like to use his power, unless he has to or unless someone confronts and insults him.

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#2 2010-10-17 22:46:21

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2851

Re: 'passafist' for pacifist'

Good contribution. I like this one.


Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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