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Chris -- 2018-04-11
There are many mis-spellings of ‘hypochondriac’ and I’m sure most of them are no more than that. Many of them, however, end in ‘act’, some in ‘react’ and some have a ‘con’ in the middle. I heard this last week from a lady in her late 70s who was a lttle unsympathetic to the condition.
You have to bear in mind that I have been back to the docs everytime the pain comes back and made to feel like a hypocondreact ,although they did send me …
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1st bar: when u are sick in your chest u have a chest cold…and hypocondreact are people who fake sick, thats why i said Ri-acts….(put it together) ...
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I didn’t know whether to get a fourth opinion or if I was just a hypochondreact mother. Conner’s feet began to peel off in sheets. ...
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Yeah so I’m always sick and have alot of problems… and for the past 2 years at school everyone has been calling me a hypochondriact.. even my friends and …
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Hi Peter, I think I covered this one before, and it certainly is a good one -Joe
HypochondriACT (-ac) by jorkel Contribute! 1 2006-10-14 06:59:26 by jorkel
Last edited by jorkel (2007-11-18 08:14:43)
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Sorry Joe, sloppy checking again I’m afraid, but at least it disinters a possible eggcorn (has it sprouted?) and an independent rediscovery endorses its validity perhaps…
Last edited by Peter Forster (2007-11-18 06:58:54)
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Actually, Peter, I think the “react” contribution is new, and might be the better eggcorn. I covered the “act” version from the standpoint of a “hypochondriact” just “putting on an act.” But I think the “react” version might be a more sincere mistake because a “hypochondreact” is interpreted as someone who reacts badly (perhaps by nature) to something.
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