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#1 2005-11-13 19:38:15

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'chopped full' for 'chock full'

1000+ ghits. Also, ‘chop full’ – 700+ ghits. When I was a kid, the Campbell Soup Co. used to advertise their soups as ‘chock full’ of ingredients; their vegetable soup was chock full of vegetables, their chicken soup was chock full of chicken bits, etc. I always heard it as ‘chop full,’ i.e., they chopped things up and dropped them into the soup. Examples:

In fact, my entire family is chopped full of lunatics that do stupid things
to their loved ones for little or no reason.
www.rnd.lifesupporters.com/modules.php? … te&p=17754

Along with the new web site comes a brand new email news letter chopped full of
pictures, promotional information, and team updates.
www.minorleaguebaseball.com/.../article … &fext=.jsp

She’s chopped full of biases herself, but they’re often different than mine.
cacklingjackal.blogspot.com/2005_08_01_cacklingjackal_archive.html

The winter weekend will be chopped full of activities including arts and crafts
projects, sledding, a Hawaiian Luau and a trip to Family Land’s indoor waterpark
www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pag … mpsessions

Spring semesters is chopped full of sporting events.

www.mgc.edu/student/development/activities.cfm

But you are chop full of misconceptions about everything.
www.clublexus.com/forums/archive/index. … 19963.html

Solaris is chop full of goodies, you just need to know how to use them.
www.cuddletech.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=65

The interior of the V10 Touareg is chop full of gadgets, most of which are options on the base V6 model.
www.autosupermart.com/shop/news/PR/2004 … d=2xYLcVDM

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