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#1 2015-01-22 00:38:57

Dixon Wragg
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From: Cotati, California
Registered: 2008-07-04
Posts: 1375

"crotch" << >> "crouch"

kick him in the crouch if he’s trying to force you down
Q&A site

A. I kick him in the crouch and run away
B. I kick him in the crouch and starts punching him
quiz answers

Kick him in the crouch! The crouch damn it!
discussion thread

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.
blog

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.
motorcycle post

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.
discussion thread

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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#2 2015-01-22 10:14:54

kem
Eggcornista
From: Victoria, BC
Registered: 2007-08-28
Posts: 2851

Re: "crotch" << >> "crouch"

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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