The Eggcorn Database - v. 0.5

Spotted in the wild:

• The key maps are colour-coated depending on which party won the ridings shown on the map. (Wikipedia, Canadian federal election, 2004 map gallery, revision as of 07:44, 9 October 2004)
• Also it’s color coated so the colors change to match the channel it’s sending audio out of. (electronic music, ad, May 12 2005)
• Color Coated Inputs (The mobilevideo Store)
• Color Coated Cutting Boards
  These color coated cutting boards leave no question as to which board is in use and what possible contamination hazards might be present with that particular food item. (link)

Spotted in the wild:

• Many claim that this riff between the party grassroots and the DC Democrats is a fundamental identity crisis. (countercurrents.org, 24 August, 2005)
• But, look, Andrea, my greatest concern is this gigantic riff between the rhetoric we hear from the administration and the reality on the ground and it’s causing the American people to abandon what is an essential fight we have. (MSNBC, Interview with Sen. Joe Biden, Aug. 17, 2005)
• But despite their intelligence and wisdom, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson would spend much of their later lives hating each other. It took the pen of Abigail Adams to soften the pain and begin a dialogue with Jefferson that would eventually mend the riff between these two great men. (myhero.com)
• Hey, this may seem a little bit of a lame question..lol. But why is there such a riff between ‘metal’ and ‘punk’ (Idiotpilot.com forum, Jul 26, 2005)
• It’s just possible that the riff between Snape and Sirius started out as a “boy’s will be boy’s” scenario until Sirius sent Snape in after Remus and then it turned into a real hatred. (Harry Potter Fan Zone forum, Apr 17, 2005)

Spotted in the wild:

• He testified that he was upset by Spencer’s criticism of the way he ran his business and said he thought her reference to a union was just a term of speech. (Decisions of the NRLB, Aug. 28, 1990)
• I think that originally as people migrated North in New York State it became a term of speech to say that one had moved “upstate” if the area was north of their former location. (GEN-NYS mailing list, Feb. 22, 2003)
• Just to spite the fellow below, who actually still believes that the term “pseudo-intellectual” is even remotely insulting, when in fact it is a term of speech employed solely by those who are just that. (Amazon customer review, May 12, 2003)

Spotted in the wild:

• I’d pay 100 bux on paper view to see Tyson fight Tito. (Elite Fitness forum, Oct. 13, 2001)
• The following is an artist’s rendering of what The Deceased Man looked like at ‘Mania (for those of you too cheap to order the paper-view). (Online Onslaught, Mar. 18, 2004)
• Don’t worry, it’ll be on paper-view. (Nebraska Wesleyan University Reveille, Nov. 5, 2004)

Spotted in the wild:

• Yegor, a writer and a friend of Matveyev whose last name is not given, writes several letters to her from the Crimea, describing how he is trying to come to turns with his homosexual thoughts and urges. (St. Petersburg Times, Russia, July 6, 1999)
• Take steps to come to turns with your demons. (Gothamist blog comment, Apr. 22, 2004)
• This is a psychological thriller about Donnie coming to turns with his destiny. (Raritan Valley Community College Record, Oct. 2004)