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#1 2015-05-31 10:39:35

Zed90230
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Registered: 2015-05-31
Posts: 5

"My-brain" headaches

When I was a boy, I misheard people talking about “my-brain” headaches. I thought people of average intelligence got them from thinking too much. I finally got it straight when I saw the word “migraine” in print.

Strangely enough, with all the health-related eggcorns (sick-as-hell anemia, old timer’s disease, etc etc), I’ve never heard of anyone else who thought a migraine headache was a “my-brain” headache.

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#2 2015-05-31 19:16:30

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

Re: "My-brain" headaches

Good one. We’ve also had mindgrade headaches and mind-grain headaches.


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