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#1 2007-01-02 09:00:38

poodletail
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Registered: 2007-01-02
Posts: 3

"misconscrewed" for "misconstrued"

As in, “He totally misconscrewed my words. He missed my point.”

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#2 2015-05-15 09:44:05

CatherineR
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Re: "misconscrewed" for "misconstrued"

Aw… I thought I had a new one. A student writes: “I do agree that gender roles do get misconscrewed at times….” Too perfect.

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#3 2015-05-18 08:09:13

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

Re: "misconscrewed" for "misconstrued"

Possibly an eggplant, with punnish origins.

In a Language Log discussion, one commentator cites another perpetrator: “About 40 years ago, I knew a guy who said ‘misconscrewed’ all the time. It wasn’t a slip of the tongue or a deliberate attempt to be funny–he thought that was the actual word.”


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#4 2015-10-08 14:51:55

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

Re: "misconscrewed" for "misconstrued"

Republican Presidential primary candidate Ben Carson appears to use “misconscrewed.” See 1:53 of the video at http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/08/politics/ … index.html


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#5 2015-10-08 20:02:31

David Bird
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From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1690

Re: "misconscrewed" for "misconstrued"

Here it is, in its self-referential glory.

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