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Chris -- 2025-05-10

#1 2005-11-14 12:03:21

-DeeT
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Registered: 2005-11-14
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"photogenic memory"

Only brain surgeons should be making this assessment ;^) Nonetheless I find 12,000 google hits on the phrase.

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#2 2005-11-14 12:38:49

Chris Waigl
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Registered: 2005-10-14
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Re: "photogenic memory"

Another malaprop, yes. Also a candidate for a spell-checker reshaping—and some people might think that “photographic” wasn’t fancy enough.

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#3 2006-01-14 20:27:35

Kate
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Re: "photogenic memory"

I rather like “photogenic” memory. All bad memories wiped out, only the pretty ones remain. I’m new to eggcorns, but I think it qualifies.

 

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