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#1 2012-10-27 17:17:46

vexact
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Registered: 2009-06-19
Posts: 30

virtuous circle for vicious circle

Virtuous or vicious (or even viscous) circles. This is very common. Is it too common to be an eggcorn?
what is virtuous about a vicious circle?

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#2 2012-10-27 19:06:09

kem
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From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
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Re: virtuous circle for vicious circle

Discussed first here.

“Virtuous circle” is a more recent semantic back formation, I think, from the logical term “vicious circle.”

Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.

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