The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• Hundreds of young astronauts are seeking gameful employment, and this 77-year-old self-promoting millionaire steals their jobs. (sci.sceptic, Oct 31, 1998)
• We all know that if his wife is gamefully employed, then each the husband and the wife could each have their $2,000 maximum yearly tax deduction provided they meet the percentage of earned gross income formula. (financialplanning.com, Aug 19, 2001)
• Quite often more stress is placed on the adult after puberty, with the current stressful period of having gameful employment, progressing in employment and marriage, child raising and the resulting continuing financial problems which causes stress of great magnitude. (Yahoo! Health groups, Sep 1, 2000)
• In the digital graphics age, one of the easiest things to neglect in our busy day is the critical backup of all the client files and databases we use to remain gamefully in business. (signindustry.com)

Spotted in the wild:

• For most companies that offer traditional co-op advertising programs, very little is ever paid to the results of those programs and most typically begin the next year with a “rubber stamp” of the program from last year. Relatively little is done to analyze the performance – even for those who don’t take a “zero sum gain” approach to channel promotion. (link)
• I think that most economists would not regard the stock market as a zero-sum gain. (Game Theory Forum)
• Zero-Sum-Gain is an economics term used to describe a theory that says there is a finite and limited supply of wealth in the world and so the more you have the less I can have. […] God’s ways are not a Zero-Sum-Gain. Your blessing does not affect my blessing and mine does not affect yours. (Karateforchrist.com)
• The world is not a zero-sum game where America’s wealth comes at the expense of others. (link)