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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Adrenaline is the hormone that is released from the adrenal glands, which as the name indicates, are attached to the kidneys. It mediates the “fright, fight, flight” response to stress. A transformation into adreadaline conveys the emotions it can stir up.
More than 200 legit hits.
Garage band reminiscence:
I remember the adreadaline and the anxiety of that first show
(http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuse … D=21662360)
Blog ramblings:
and the strongest of all… to feel that rush of adreadaline of the hunt…
(http://freshlysaltedwounds.com/?cat=1)
Combat medic:
I have friends that i can just sit and talk with and its great and others its boring if my adreadaline isnt pumping.
(http://www.plentyoffish.com/member12876936.htm)
News item – Woman strangles Rottweiler to save Yorkie:
A woman could take down a raging rotweiler, if she feels someone is in danger… Especially her kid, so i guess the adreadaline kicked in making her much stronger and so being able to stop the threat
(http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/fo … opic=28960)
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Pooossssibly. I count six unique examples that look like real mccoys.
Perhaps those using “adreadaline” first heard the word “adrenaline” from someone who had a cold.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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Tough crowd. I count 8 good hits on the first page of an adreadaline-fueled search, and certainly more than 100 overall. I like this one because I didn’t dream it up and go looking for it, I stumbled across it the way you have to for the most interesting concoctions. One can’t bedrudge me it.
Two responses for the rhinoocclusion theory: 1) no hits for adreadalide; 2) no one with a severe cold can be induced to utter the word adrenaline. Some sort of epee-pin emergency – I dread to think.
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Tough? I’m the little Billy Goat Gruff. Wait til grandfather goat (aka Pat) comes across the bridge.
I’m getting a few more unique hits now. Strange. And I also found a few more hits with the spelling “adreadiline” and “adreadalin.” I’m coming round.
Last edited by kem (2009-06-26 10:57:14)
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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