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Chris -- 2018-04-11
My guess is that the existence of expressions like “do or die” and “whole-hearted” make some people think that “diehard” should be “die heart.”
” If you don’t get mad when someone talks about your favorite sports team you are not a real die heart fan!”
http://digitallouisville.net/exclamations/real/die
” As a real die heart frihoster, you should know that we value people upon their way of posting.”
http://www.frihost.com/forums/vt-86893.html
“Thanks for the great pictures, forget about big high rise building in big city..this is a real die heart Iranian which I am so proud of. ”
http://www.pbase.com/dflynch/iran
“If you are a die heart Star Wars fan you must read (or listen to) this.”
http://jandjproductions1809.blogspot.co … mpire.html
“Die-heart Republican”
http://www.pof.com/member23534793.htm
“Dedicated to my die heart Republican friends.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJlqYpHBLaw
“Compare to me i am a dieheart fan of enrique an’t you?”
http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1675688.aspx
Then there’s “died in the wool”:
“Prysner also ran for public office, Florida, I think on the ballot for the Party for Socialism and Liberty and he’s a died-in-the-wool socialist.”
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=28633
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Good spotting. It’s in the Eggcorn Database:http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/401/die-hearted/
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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