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Chris -- 2025-05-10
“Lame man’s terms” is a classic eggcorn, but I think I’ve found an even funnier variation.
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22in+l … art=0&sa=N
Last edited by rophside (2016-09-29 06:51:24)
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Funny one indeed. Nice find, rophside.
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Examples are rare enough and the humor factor high enough to raise suspicions that “lame ass terms” may be a pun instead of an eggcorn.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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