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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Beta blockers are drugs which are often useful in controlling cardiac arrhythmia and other heart problems, as well as social anxiety. Any possible eggcornish misunderstandings could involve ‘beat’ meaning overcoming or successfully fighting something, or the notion of unwanted heartbeats being ‘blocked’ or prevented by the medication:
Ive had them befor my pregnancy aswell,the doctor put me on beater blockers back then to help calm down racing heartbeat,learning to deal …
He prescribed me beater blockers which he said to use only if the ectopic beats were particularly strong. I did this and although they helped temporarily I …
... heart and restarting it with electroshock) As the trigger for this condition still has not been found I am on beaterblockers to keep my heart rate down. ...
I had similar after a car crash and the doctor gave me beater blockers to slow the heart rate down to calm you down more. ...
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Superb. Another classic. There are multiple “beat blockers” as well, though that one is easier to understand as a switch of the last two letters. “Baiter blockers” and “beat ‘a’ blockers” were googlenonces.
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Yes, a big thumbs up on this one.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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