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Chris -- 2018-04-11
The biblical original, from 1 Timothy 6:10, traces the the root of all evil to money. Money can also be impolite, inconsiderate, or darn right rude.
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For some reason I used to think the phrase was “the rude of all evil”. I remember getting corrected on this on a 7th grade english paper I wrote. I always wondered if I was the only one who had it wrong.
Reddit forum on eggcorns
Money is the rude of all evil. But not having any make people do evil things..
DJ tweet
he’s not christian u should look at the other viedo’s he thinks religion is the rude of all evil.
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Geez louise, mind your own business. Gossip is the rude of all evil.
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More specifically, it’s not “money,” but the “love of money,” that I Timothy equates with the root of all evil.
Any connection between this verse and the financial meltdown of 2008 is purely coincidental.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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