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Chris -- 2018-04-11
kick him in the crouch if he’s trying to force you down
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A. I kick him in the crouch and run away
B. I kick him in the crouch and starts punching him
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Kick him in the crouch! The crouch damn it!
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It’s plausibly eggcornish; crouching exposes the crotch, and there are plenty of examples online.
And, to finish the round trip:
The land continues to drop down to a pond and I crotch down by its edge.
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When I’m riding and I look down at my gauge cluster, unless I crotch down a little the windscreen sits too low in order for me to not crotch to see it.
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With the King-size snicker-bar in hand, I crotch down in a Catcher’s postion and released the candy bar between my leg, like I pitched a loaf.
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To “crotch down” makes total sense. The image of crouching as lowering one’s crotch is accurate, and again, there are plenty of examples. I think this is a dandy eggcorn. We haven’t run out yet.
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And quite common. Almost all web instances of “crotched down” are part of this eggcorn.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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