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#1 2008-01-12 15:08:11

klakritz
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From: Winchester Massachusetts
Registered: 2005-10-25
Posts: 674

'tinkle down economics' for 'trickle down ecconomics'

This newer phrase successfully evokes an image of what the rich are doing to the rest of us. It’s also fairly common. But its potential weakness as a candidate eggcorn is that I’m not sure if anyone ever uses it unknowingly. Examples:

The lending melt down is a first class demonstration of the failure of tinkle down economics.
warmailyou.bmx.lv/.../26/but-fast-home-sell-danielson-at-santa-clara-said-that-not-everyone-on-his-campus/

Only true sycophants of tinkle-down economics could view the consumption of over $160 billion per year in Social Security surplus as not counting as debt.
lkmp.blogspot.com/2005/01/roaring-start.html

Some of the fall out of tinkle down economics is starting to show.
www.blueoregon.com/2006/02/winning_the_sec.html

Check out Montana where they are suing Walmart for the millions others have to pay due to a lack of insurance for them. Tinkle down economics don’t work.
forums.therandirhodesshow.com/lofiversion/index.php/t67465-50.html

Take the example of tinkle down economics. The idea is that is government panders enough to rich people, the wealth will trickle down through the economy …
corpus-callosum.blogspot.com/2004/10/good-enough-governmenthow.html

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#2 2008-01-23 21:11:21

Fishbait2
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From: Brookline, MA
Registered: 2006-10-08
Posts: 80
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Re: 'tinkle down economics' for 'trickle down ecconomics'

I love this. Obviously closely related to the substitution of “pee on” for “peon” already posted. . . http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … hp?id=1943

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#3 2008-01-24 18:41:18

booboo
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From: Austin, Tx
Registered: 2007-04-01
Posts: 179

Re: 'tinkle down economics' for 'trickle down ecconomics'

Tinkle down on the pee-ons. Oh, well, I’m sure it’s all in good sport.

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