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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I spotted “the argument is out of per portion” a year ago in a comment on an article on the web (Jul 9, 2015).
A web search today returned a handful of instances, one of them “out of per-portion” with a hyphen.
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Nice addition to the eggcorn wordhord. Welcome to the site!
Last edited by kem (2016-08-16 19:26:16)
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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What would be the assumed meaning of “per portion”?
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Here’s an example I encountered a couple of days ago:
“Kraven’s Last Hunt” took Kraven the Hunter and made him into a villain of literary per portions, with a tale that sees Kraven bury Spider-Man alive and assume his identify.
comics geekery
But I’m still dubious about any plausible eggcornish meaning connection.
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“Per portion” would mean “each” or “for one portion”. So if something is out of per portion, it is more than is usually allotted for one portion. That’s a good, solid eggcorn.
Bruce
“I always wanted to be somebody. I should have been more specific.” – Lily Tomlin
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I’m chary. On one hand, proportion is just another way of saying per portion. On the other, the slightly different usage of per portion to mean “as applies to each portion” makes the phrase “the argument is out of per portion” a malaprop, doesn’t it? (Wait, “as applies to each portion” is what proportion means). I can’t bend my brain into a shape where out of per portion resonates.
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