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Chris -- 2018-04-11
“Pinched” for “piqued”
as follows, from
http://www.ep.tc/intro-archive031.html
fifth p. from top, line 2
and there you have it.
Next up: “I must be dreaming, pique me!”
if only.
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I can find six independent examples of “curiosity [linking verb] pinched” on the web. A fascinating, even if uncommon, substitution.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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