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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I suspect these young black guys are picking up that married and single white women in their 30s to 40s either seek them out or just sacome to their sexual prolless so to speak.
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It seems clear that the perp, hearing “succumb”, sees it as formed from the root “come”. This may be especially true in the context of sex talk, but, more generally, succumbing can be seen as coming to agreement, or coming towards someone else’s position or agenda. I’d call it an eggcorn if I were able to find more than one example. Maybe it’s a proto-eggcorn in gestation, awaiting for more writers to sacome to its charms?
Re: “prolless” for “prowess”, I have no comment.
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