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Chris -- 2025-05-10
I hear and see this quite frequently, and hear it used in a joking manner even more often.
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I too have encountered this and have just assumed that it was a mispronunciation or, in written form, a misspelling. I think it’d be hard to make a case for eggcornicity.
BTW, welcome, geezerpk!
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