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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Yes, their dad took them out for a steak dinner and roughled both their hair affectionately.
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The etymology of ruffle is uncertain, unfortunately. This one came to me in mauling over a reference to “roughed grouse”, on facebook.
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Probably not an eggcorn, but related:
the husk and all the remaining ruffage
Thot for the Day: I didn’t claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat ruffage!
My son is working on a pic with the diners slapping each other’s high-held palms while the waiter brings a food tray replete with doilies: high-fiver food with lots of ruffage.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
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I find “roughle” to be a quite beautiful eggcorn. It gives a crystal clear image that totally makes sense, and, at the same time, elicits a chuckle. Well played.
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