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Chris -- 2025-05-10
I first saw this in the wild in a horrible tweet right after the Arizona Gifford shooting that I’d rather not reward with more viewers. A quick search for “prepare for the on slot” showed that this is a popular-enough eggcorn, though:
http://www.beerpal.com/Labatt-Lucky-Lager-Beer/9148/
“I must mentally prepare for the on slot of taste and feeling I’m about to put my body through.”
http://www.faminerelieffoundation.com/N … er2010.pdf
“Currently they prepare for the on slot of Cholera which is arriving daily at Mission Ranch.”
http://books.google.com/books?id=fbH2O- … 22&f=false
“Around eleven AM, All took a rest to prepare for the on slot of shoppers.”
It takes some mental twisting to figure out why someone would think “on slot” is correct. I suppose if some sort of distributing mechanism, say a hose, were actually square “on the slot,” then whatever was being distributed—water in this case—would come through the slot at its quickest rate.
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Welcome, Andyman. We’ve wrestled with the imagery of an on slot before, about a year ago, and came up with roughly equivalent explanations.
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