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Chris -- 2018-04-11
It has often been said on this forum that in order to be a valid eggcorn, the reimagining of a word or phrase must happen naively and not purposely. It appears that a number of people have restructured the word naive itself, naively, as nigh eve. “Nigh” means “near”; “eve” could refer either to that original innocent, Eve, or perhaps to the evening, so that nigh eve would be “nearly benighted”.
Lawn care forum
How hard can it be? Or am I being nigh-eve?
(http://www.lawncareforum.com/low-voltag … cover.html)
Spirituality and technology
To hold this view, one might be described as a romantic, a believer in human spirit, slightly or perhaps greatly “nigh-eve”.
(http://67.55.50.201/TEKROM/)
Rant about John Lennon
There’s a scene in the film Where a lady critic from the new york times attempts to make a fool of john By condeming his new role of leader of the peace revolution as insane and overtly nigh eve
(http://www.josepharthur.com/theroad/IWill2272007d.html)
Evangelist’s ministry draws kudos and criticism
My husband and I sat there watching in disbelief that people could not really be that nigh-eve.
(http://truedsicernment.com/2008/07/04/c … criticism/)
Should there be a law against mediums?
One just should be careful not too nigh eve about things!
(http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/in … 615AA9XNSE)
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I see quite a number of “naive/nigh eve” substitutions. A startling eggcorn. One small quibble: it is hard to imagine that “nigh” is more familiar to speakers than “naive.” Perhaps in certain dialects of English, though, nigh rolls more easily from the tongue.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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