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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I have a coworker who uses this phrase often. I think it’s a perfect eggcorn!
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I’ve seen “one swell foop” more than once, but I’m sure it’s meant as a joke.
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Welcome, Husker Düde. Swell swoop has been submitted previously. “One fell swoop” is one phenomenally productive acorn. Other versions lurking in the archives (see Search and Eggcorn Database) are: felt, felled, fellow, fowl, foul, full and fail. Other versions at large in the wild but not yet submitted, believe it or not: foal, feral, fall, foil, filthy, svelte.
Last edited by David Bird (2010-09-29 17:18:32)
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Ha ha, thank you! Most people think I’m a Corn Husker fan, but, alas, that is not the case.
I will keep searching for the next perfect eggcorn!
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