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#1 2015-05-31 10:48:34

Babaloona
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Registered: 2015-05-31
Posts: 2

Animal magnetism

I know several people who use the word “obeast” for “obese”. Anyone else? Strikes me odd.

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#2 2015-05-31 10:52:26

Zed90230
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Registered: 2015-05-31
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Re: Animal magnetism

No, but my late mother used to say “affixiate” instead of “asphyxiate”, and she thought “ASphyxiate” meant something to do with a person’s rear end.

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#3 2015-05-31 14:40:39

David Bird
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Registered: 2009-07-28
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Re: Animal magnetism

“Obeast” is an eggcorn that gets a chuckle out of me every time. It has been spotted previously on the forum, here and here, but always welcome.

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