The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• Tongue-and-cheek is the way most journalists treat sports at MIT. (MIT Tech, Sep. 25, 1990)
• “He was not afraid. There was a lot of tongue and cheek stuff,” Stokes said. (Univ. of Tennessee Daily Beacon, Sep. 29, 1995)
• The part about martyrdom was tongue and cheek, so I hope it would not be misconstrued. (Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education, Winter 1999)
• “The tongue-and-cheek compositions poke fun at some heady scientific subjects,” said McGarrell. (Brown University News Bureau, Apr. 26, 1999)

Spotted in the wild:

• Case and point. Saturday night against Ferris State, in the first period alone, Madden had two assists, four scoring chances - one shot that hit the post - nine out of 13 faceoffs won and two hits. (Univ. of Michigan Daily Online, Dec. 9, 1996)
• Case and point: many are closet fans, but few are willing to display their love. (Univ. of Notre Dame Observer, Nov. 30, 1999)
• My early experiences in teaching might serve as a case-and-point. (Journal of the Association for History and Computing, Nov. 2000)
• Daniel Dennett is a case and point. (Berkeley Groks, Apr. 14, 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• Our condolences on the on timely death of Kothari Chandhary who was killed in a tragic bus accident. (CARE Nepal newsletter, Jan. 2002)
• His on timely death, when he was in full activity, produced consternation among the many fans of Uruguayan film and specially among the few who were able to cultivate his friendship. (The Thinking Eye, 2003)
• I was very sorry to hear about his on timely death. (Blog of Death, June 14, 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• The logic game involves moving Barbie around a group of baby cuddlefish and quieting their crying. (GZ Kidzone)
• From the ocean comes what we’ve feasted on daily: mahi-mahi, wahoo, yellowfin tuna, lobster too large to feed four people, reef crab, coconut crab, fresh water prawns, cuddlefish (like a big squid- makes incredible calamari). (Offshore Odysseys)
• Frutti Di Mare Alla Como
  Marinated octopus, calamari and cuddlefish
  $7.95 (menu of the Como Inn, Chicago)
• Squids and cuddlefish are modern decendants of the the orthoceris. (link)
• Here divers will find the flamboyant cuddlefish, whose ability to flash an array of colors is simply amazing. (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• Was it really ‘outside agitators’ who sparked the trouble? Or once the torch paper was lit, did Muslim youth exploit the opportunity to exact retribution on ancient Hindu rivals? (Red Action Bulletin, July/Aug. 2001)
• Laws lights the torch paper …
  “We have got to go at them from the start, when we kick off on Wednesday evening the torch paper will be lit.” (Iron-Bru.net, May 11, 2003)
• Contrary to what many scientists such as Stephen Hawking seem to suppose, the role of the Creator is not to light the blue torch paper of the big bang and then retire, but continuously to hold the world in being. (Canyon Institute Newsletter, Fall 2003)
• But it was his willingness to run back a kick by Paul Grayson, take on Jason Robinson on the outside and offload to the supporting Tyrone Howe which lit the torch paper for Ireland to cut loose in the third quarter. (Irish Times, Mar. 9, 2004)
• Ronald Reagan’s legacy in Asia is most visible today on the Afghan-Pakistan frontier, where his drive to end the Cold War climaxed with the CIA-backed humiliation of the Soviets in Afghanistan but lit the torch-paper of radical Islam that spawned Al-Qaeda. (News24, South Africa, June 7, 2004)