cents » sense

Chiefly in:   two sense worth

Classification: English

Spotted in the wild:

  • Okay, have to put my two sense worth in about the Trojans (n.k.a. the Crusaders). We weren’t condoms back in the early 80’s! (link)
  • So there is my two sense worth on the tours, in my off the beaten path tips you will see some of the highlights of my country side tour. (link)
  • Sorry this is so long, but I felt compelled to add my two sense worth. (link)
  • She is a cutie patoottie, I tried to vote but it said that someone already did from that server, and it woundn’t allow to put my 2 sense worth in.. I will try another way to get in there… (link)

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| Comments Off link | entered by Chris, 2005/06/26 |

boisterous » voiceterous

Classification: English

Spotted in the wild:

  • No matter how voiceterous(sp) we are, we are less than 3% of Nextel subscribers. (link)
  • ut I think Mercy fears I am too … opinionated? voiceterous? outspoken? I’m not sure.. well I wish him luck on the admin hunt, and you luck moderating that server urdead! (link)
  • So, What does Curtis have to do to prove he is a top-tier back? He gets little respect (among the voiceterous (sp)). (alt.sports.footbal.pro.ny-jets)
  • Question period gets loud and voiceterous sometimes, but the attack tends to stay more on the issues. Names happen but are kept to a minimum because they are a sign that the person does not have a logical defense and is a sign for the others to go in for the kill. (link)

_Voiceterous_ is in the [Urban Dictionary](www.urbandictionary.com/d…), and appears to be used mostly in puns. Still, some occurrences are genuine.

Notes and references added by by CW.

| Comments Off link | entered by rayates, 2005/06/26 |

amateur » amature

Classification: English

The prefix ‘a’ could come across as a negation, so ‘amature’ is ‘not mature.’

| 1 comment | link | entered by Sravana Reddy, 2005/06/26 |

skim » skin

Chiefly in:   skin milk

Classification: English

Spotted in the wild:

  • Blend soft fruit like bananas, strawberries or canned fruit with skin milk, yogurt and ice for a frothy fruit smoothie. (link)
  • Now if it’s protein you are going for here are the values in my fridge: skin milk 8.8g; cottage cheese 15g; ricotta cheese 7.8g.. (link)
  • According to Motil, the women who breastfed their infants chose diets that contained an average of 500 calories and 30 to 35 grams of protein more per day than their non-breastfeeding counterparts, or the equivalent of a turkey sandwich, piece of fruit, and a glass of skin milk per day. (link)
  • A ½ cup serving is approximately equal to ½ low-fat milk exchange when made with water and one low-fat milk exchange when made with skin milk. (link)
  • Dairy products: Low-fat (1%) or skin milk, low-fat or nonfat yogurt and cheeses (such as mozzarella, cottage cheese, farmer’s cheese, and ricotta), sherbet, frozen low-fat yogurt, ice milk. (link)

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As Ken Lakritz points out, the deletion of the final /d/ that produced _skim milk_ from _skimmed milk_ is not an eggcorn, but a common process, which produced, for example, _ice cream_ from the original _iced cream_.

| 1 comment | link | entered by Chris Waigl, 2005/06/25 |

hand » hat

Chiefly in:   try one's hat at sth.

Classification: English – questionable

Spotted in the wild:

  • I’m ready to breakout some feathers and beading needles and try my hat at making avian-inspired accessories! (link)
  • The boys caught glimpse of a mako feeding on the carcass so they tried their hat at baiting hook (with swordfish meat of course) and set about trying to feed the mako. (link)
  • First up, married participants Tracy and John try their hat at performing for the lens. Note: The participants perform naked. CW. (link)

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An idiom-related eggcorn that probably involves a [blend](itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/l…) with _wear one’s X hat_.

| 1 comment | link | entered by Chris Waigl, 2005/06/25 |