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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Not sure how much explanation to give here. “Esprit de Corps” is a French idiom sometimes used in english. It means roughly “group morale,” “team spirit,” something like that. Literally, Esprit is “spirit” and “corps” is body but the idiom uses both metaphorically. Here’s an example of a writer using “Esprit Décor” instead: http://blog.burningman.com/2015/10/opin … -from-it/.
“Esprit Décor” wouldn’t really be grammatical in French but perhaps the logic of the Eggcorn is something like “that which ornaments the spirit of the group” or “the aesthetic element of the culture of a group”.
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Seems like it might indeed be an eggcorn if it’s used by more than one or two people. Good find. And welcome to the Eggcorn Forum, wiggleroom!
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Really nice eggcorn. Amid all the commercial puns, other genuine hits can be found. I especially like the first one.
I remember my time in the Marine Corps and how much imagery can motivate and help create a greater sense of esprit décor.
http://raihnforge.com/2011/07/18/usaf-bulldogs-t-shirt/
The esprit decor that the event engenders is noticeable as soon as you arrive on the University of Buffalo campus.
http://maxibasketball.net/index.php/es/ … urham.html
She was able to take a Department that was in need of leadership and organization and bring a rigour and esprit décor that was recognized and deeply appreciated
http://www.jessicamorenointeriors.com/references.html
Why did Sheriff Clarke unilaterally decide to dispose of tradition, pride and esprit decor?
http://nationalconversation.typepad.com … tar-s.html
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Going for a double-yolker. The first hit indicates that spree decor is a common reanalysis. There is conceivably some tenuous connection between spirit and going on a spree, maybe, and then expressing that exuberance in the wall hangings. The Grammarphile spotted spree decor in 2009.
Wordnik Stats: ‘spree decor’ has been looked up 1935 times, is no one’s favorite word yet, has been added to 1 list, has no comments yet, and is not a valid Scrabble word.
twitter Jesse Rogers @ESPNChiCubs Apr 12
Maddon: “I love when you win that kind of game, on the road, utilizing everybody. It’s good for spree decor.” (group pride)
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Disqus i still don’t understand Joe Maddon’s fascination with spree decor. yes, he went there again in tonight’s postgame comments.
Undergrad And part of [these] factors are that all the things that bound Britain together as an entity — industry, empire, the spree decor from two world wars — all that’s gone.
Church Leaders become dispirited and organizations lose their sense of “community” and spree decor.
Survival monkey Eventually I’ll have a community in a nice mountain area close to a small town that has hospitals, a small airport, spree-decor, even Wal-Mart.
Edit: Also found by a George in 2010, with a comment by groki.
Last edited by burred (2015-10-27 11:35:32)
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