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Chris -- 2018-04-11
... and 2 kids who go to private school or Ivy League college with no worries of having a child defending this country in a ill faded war. ...
www.cdbaby.com/cd/umphrey – 23k – Cached – Similar pages
... out as a “War Criminal” and our fleeting international memories fade to black on another ill faded attempt to manipulate the peoples of the Balkans. ...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ … ndex2.html – 21k – C
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I really like that proposed eggcorn, Ascared. I’m having a lot of fun conjuring up the imagery for “ill-faded.” (Perhaps you would like to propose your own notions as well). My interpretation is that there are certain parts of history that people would just prefer to forget and have FADE away, but the lingering effects of the events just make them “ill-faded.”
Examples to supplement yours:
Jambands.com | Columns::The Greenhaus Effect – Mike Greenhaus | <...
Unlike the Beach Boys, who slowly broke down into an ill-faded oldies act, Phish ended with a heightened sense of emotion only apparent in a band that truly …
http://www.jambands.com/Columns/MGreenh … 9.00.phtml
Preaching to the Converted : Soul Shine Magazine
... strumming his puppy dog tunes in the guttoral surroundings of the Kathedral or Dabney Coleman’s ill-faded newsroom sitcom “Mad Man of the People.†...
http://www.soulshine.ca/reviews/liveReview.php?lrid=82
love your demons – a question | Post Autonomy
i think this would just continue the ill-faded tradition of considering art as something beyond normal human (socio-political) reach. but on the other hand, ...
http://www.postautonomy.co.uk/blog/node/274
Sadly, if I were paying more attention, I would have spotted this earlier…
Eggcorn Forum / House-cleaning: 34 eggcornish also-rans
“ill-faded†for “ill-fated†“in random with†for “in tandem with†“inedible ink†for “indelible ink†“it’s high tide that†for “it’s high time that†...
http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … hp?pid=931
...seems like “ill-faded” might have been nixed earlier on, but I think your post might be a worthy challenge to that.
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